“in all these straits Piratical Proas usually Lurk, ready to Assault Defenceless Vessels…”
By HORSBURGH, James, Jan.y 1, 1819.
![LE SAGE, P. Carte depuis la fin du Detroit de la Sonde jusqu'a la fin D'Etroit de Banca faitte en l'anne 1734 – [Singapore Strait] – [South China Sea].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17525_1H.jpg?fit=2272%2C3500&ssl=1)
Charting a voyage of nearly two thousand nautical miles from the Sunda Strait to Hong Kong 
