babian

Updated: May 16, 2025

Passing through the straits of Rhio and Banca, and watering at the islands of Nanka, we stood thence for Pulo Babian, or Lubeck, lay a night becalmed close to the Arrogants Shoal, of which, however, we saw nothing, owing, probably, to the smoothness of the water. The depths are greater than laid down on Horsburgh's chart, varying from thirty-six to thirty-eight fathoms.

Rajah of Sarawak James - The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy