Chao Phraya River

The next step was taken in 1904, when France and England signed their Entente Cordiale.

One feature of the Entente was an agreement that all lands east of the Menam River basin, in which Bangkok lies, were under French influence, and all lands west of it under British influence.

France thus gained a free hand to appropriate the Siamese province of Batambang in 1907, and England to appropriate in 1909 former Malay states Kedah, Kelantan, Trengganau and Perlis, situated on the smaller peninsula which runs south from Siam.

England, we may as well note in this connection, had already secured the other Malay states and the island of Singapore at the tip of the peninsula, and thus gained the command of one of the world's greatest waterways, the Straits of Malacca, through which passes the trade of the Far East and the East Indies.

The next step was taken in 1904, when France and England signed their Entente Cordiale.

One feature of the Entente was an agreement that all lands east of the Menam River basin, in which Bangkok lies, were under French influence, and all lands west of it under British influence.

France thus gained a free hand to appropriate the Siamese province of Battambang in 1907, and England to appropriate in 1909 four Malay states, Kedah, Kelantan, Trengganau and Perlis, situated on the smaller peninsula which runs south from Siam.

England, we may as well note in this connection, had already secured the other Malay states and the island of Singapore at the tip of the peninsula, and thus gained the command of one of the world's greatest waterways, the Straits of Malacca, through which passes the trade of the Far East and the East Indies.

The next step was taken in 1904, when France and England signed their Entente Cordiale.

One feature of the Entente was an agreement that all lands east of the Menam River basin, in which Bangkok lies, were under French influence, and all lands west of it under British influence.

France thus gained a free hand to appropriate the Siamese province of Battambang in 1907, and England to appropriate in 1909 former estates Kedah, Kelantan, Trengganau and Perlis, situated on the smaller peninsula which runs south from Siam.

England, we may as well note in this connection, had already secured the other Malay states and the island of Singapore at the tip of the peninsula, and thus gained command of one of the world's greatest waterways, the Straits of Malacca, through which passes the trade of the Far East and the East Indies.

Egypt had the Nile, Europe the Rhine, the Danube, and the Oder.

Asia had the Chao Phraya, the Irrawaddy, and the Mekong.

And in America, there was the Mississippi River.

China's central plain has five great rivers.

[upbeat music] A star on Earth.

The cast met for the first time at an al fresco dinner along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, and it clicked, netting that euphoria that often hovers over beautiful, young, freshly rich people.

At some point in the meal, a herd of assistants beckoned a frail man to the table, seating the figure across from Byron Mann and Damian Chapa.

Neither young actor recognized the mysterious figure as Raul Julia.

We had to release the actors.

According to those interviewed for this piece, many catastrophes and major hijinks played out like a B-movie parody of Heart of Darkness.

A crew member required medical attention for skin irritation caused by contact with the water of the Chao Phraya River.

The line producer suffered a heart attack and never returned to the production.