Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Vol. 17, No. 1

An account of the loss of the Country Ship Forbes and Frazer Sinclair, her late Commander

Liebner, Horst H. (Unknown)
van Dyke, David (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2016

Abstract

This paper reports on the life of the English Country trader Captain Frazer Sinclair leading up to and following the loss of the Forbes in the Karimata Strait in 1806. It examines the adventure and tenuous times of trading around the Indonesian archipelago after the fall of the VOC and subsequent transfer to the British. Included are the details of Captain Sinclair's trading history, multiple prizes as a privateer, and shipwrecks.

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publication:wacana

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Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Library & Information Science Social Sciences

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Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia. It invites original articles on various issues within humanities, which include but are not limited to philosophy, literature, archaeology, ...