Blair's Harbour
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Blair's Harbour is located between Pahang
on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia
and the island of Tioman
. It never seems to have had any physical presence, but appears (sometimes without the apostrophe or the 's') on many maps of the East Indies/East India Islands/Malayan Peninsula during the 19th century, and still appears on Admiralty Charts.
Alexander Dalrymple
of the Hydrography Department
of the British Admiralty
published a plan of this location on 9 February 1793. The surveyor was Lieutenant Archibald Blair
of the East India Company's Bombay Marine.
On the plan Blair's Harbour is described as:
Bearing 11 1/4 S of the South End of Po.Teoman 10 leagues
Lat.2°43‘N
It is very secure being skreened from both Monsoons, and is
easy of access the bottom a stiff clay. The water is good
and may be had in abundance by making Wells 5 feet deep 20
or 30 yards from high water mark.
A later description of Blair (sic) Harbour is just "The channel between Tanj.Peniabong and Keban I., N.Johore".
Pahang
Pahang is the third largest state in Malaysia, after Sarawak and Sabah, occupying the huge Pahang River river basin. It is bordered to the north by Kelantan, to the west by Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, to the south by Johor and to the east by Terengganu and the South China Sea.Its state...
on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia , also known as West Malaysia , is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula. Its area is . It shares a land border with Thailand in the north. To the south is the island of Singapore. Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra...
and the island of Tioman
Tioman Island
Tioman Island is a small island located 32 km off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the state of Pahang, and is some 39 km long and 12 km wide. It has eight main villages, the largest and most populous being Kampung Tekek in the north...
. It never seems to have had any physical presence, but appears (sometimes without the apostrophe or the 's') on many maps of the East Indies/East India Islands/Malayan Peninsula during the 19th century, and still appears on Admiralty Charts.
Alexander Dalrymple
Alexander Dalrymple
Alexander Dalrymple was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the theory that there existed a vast undiscovered continent in the South Pacific, Terra Australis Incognita...
of the Hydrography Department
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is an organisation within the UK government responsible for providing navigational and other hydrographic information for national, civil and defence requirements...
of the British Admiralty
Admiralty
The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy...
published a plan of this location on 9 February 1793. The surveyor was Lieutenant Archibald Blair
Archibald Blair
Archibald Blair was a naval surveyor in the Bombay Marine.He joined the Bombay Marine, received his first commission in 1771 and in 1792 was promoted captain. In 1772, as a midshipman, he went on his first survey mission along the coasts of India, Iran and Arabia. In 1780 he was lieutenant on a...
of the East India Company's Bombay Marine.
On the plan Blair's Harbour is described as:
Bearing 11 1/4 S of the South End of Po.Teoman 10 leagues
Lat.2°43‘N
It is very secure being skreened from both Monsoons, and is
easy of access the bottom a stiff clay. The water is good
and may be had in abundance by making Wells 5 feet deep 20
or 30 yards from high water mark.
A later description of Blair (sic) Harbour is just "The channel between Tanj.Peniabong and Keban I., N.Johore".