Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvainzi Caramata Passage nevafambisi vengarava vokuBritain vomuzana remakore rechi18 nerechi19. Nzira yacho yakashandiswa senzira nechikepe cheBritain nokuda kwezvikepe zvayo zvehondo.
Kupinda muJava (1811), achifamba nechikepe kubva pachiteshi cheBritain muMalacca kuenda kuchitsuwa cheJava, chaiva chikamu cheDutch East Indies. Pakutanga, vaBritain vakanga vasina chokwadi nekubudirira kwechiteshi ichi, uye vakakahadzika pakati pekutora kana kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwakatenderedza kuchamhembe kweBorneo uye kuburikidza neMakassar Strait. Mushumo wakanyorwa naSir Thomas Stamford Raffles, uyo panguva iyoyo aiva mukuru mukuru weBritain muMalacca, wakakurudzira kufamba nomugwagwa weKarimata, waaifunga kuti "waisava nengozi uye wainetesa" kupfuura wokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva panguva iyoyo yegore. Raffles akafungidzira kuti rwendo urwu rwaizotora ngarava dzeBritain pakati pemwedzi nemasvondo matanhatu nokuti "ngarava dzacho dzaifamba dziri mumapoka". Gavhuna Mukuru weBritain weIndia Ishe Minto akasarudza kutora chikarakadzo chaRaffles pamusoro pokuramba kwavamwe vakuru vehondo. Zvikepe zvacho, zvaiva nengarava dzinosvika 100 uye zvaitakura mauto anosvika 11 000, zvakabva kuMalacca pakati pa11 na18 June 1811, ndokusvika pamhenderekedzo yeJava musi wa30 July pashure porwendo rwakanaka, vhiki nhanhatu chaidzo pashure pokubva kwaMinto naRaffles.