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“in all these straits Piratical Proas usually Lurk, ready to Assault Defenceless Vessels…”
To The Hon.ble the Court of Directors of the United East India Company, This Chart,
Intended as an Accompaniment to the Book of Directions for Navigating to, from and in the East Indies Is Inscribed by their Faithful and obliged Servant James Horsburgh.
London,
Published by James Horsburgh Hydrographer to the Hon.ble E.I. Comp.y,
Jan.y 1, 1819.
Engraved chart.
17538
First publication of this extremely detailed chart of the Java Sea to the China Sea, showing Bangka, the eastern extremity of Sumatra, and the Straits of Bangka and Gaspar. The chart includes extensive depth soundings and copious directions on how to navigate the treacherously narrow seaways of the Lucepara Passage, and Gaspar and Macclesfield Straits between the islands of Sumatra, Banda and Billiton.
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