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Updated: May 6, 2025
April 1790 to December 1790 -Lieutenant King sails for Batavia. Meets with a dangerous shoal. Discovers Tench's-Island. A description of the inhabitants. Prince William-Henry's Island described. Touches at Kercolang. A description of the inhabitants, their cloathing and utensils. Passes through the Streights of Salayer. Arrival at Batavia. Interview with the governor. Batavia described.
In making this island from the eastward, a very high mount rises in the center of it, which Lieutenant Ball named Mount Phillip, in honour of Governor Phillip: it lies west-north-west from Tench's-Island, and is situated in 1° 32' south latitude, and 149° 30' east longitude. At midnight on the 22d, we had a perfect deluge of rain, but it did not continue more than a quarter of an hour.
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