J. McLeod delin. J. Clark Sculp.
Published by J. Murray, London, 1818.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 135 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
A stockade set up by British sailors marooned on Pongok Island, named after the ship's captain. From 'Voyage of His Majesty's late ship Alceste', an account of Lord Amherst's diplomatic mission to China in 1817. On the return journey the Alceste hit a reef in the Java Sea and was wrecked, after which the crew had to cope with Malay Dyak pirates who burned the ship and surrounded their camp. This plate did not appear in the first edition of 1817.
Abbey Travel 559.
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