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perilous voyage after ship Resistance explosion
An Irish seaman Thomas Scott recounts the 1768 disaster of the Resistance, blown up near Timor. Survivors built a raft, endured three nights at sea, and faced Malay pirates off Sumatra and Lingan. Scott, rescued and traded among Rajahs, is eventually ransomed and sent to Penang and Lingan.
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Gia Pagan
Eae Ogee
Cataskrophe
Shyppasdion
Venus
Warshop
Barca
Lingan
Taylor
Malacca
Ang.relgafe
Sheppardson
Rhio
Pinang
Thomas Scott
Wexford
Ireland
Timor Befar
Abe
Rediffance
Cuthbert
Scott
Baca
United Labour
James Sullivan
Robert Pulleyne
Feamer
Sumatra
Palambang
Steck
Scotty
Quartermatter Alexander
M‘carthy
John Nutton
Joseph Scott
T. Scate
Ahan
Scorr
Mott
Hutton
Scotts
China
Java
Banca
Penobang
Joséph
Thomas
Ts Scott
M*carthy Ad Horton
Lingau
Penang
Pehich
Bainréden
Thoimas Scott
Penabang