Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0451
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Some account of Savu
The little Island of Savu which trifling as it is appears to me to be of no small consequence to the Duch East India Company is situate in Lat. & Long from the meridian of Greenwich its lengh & breadth are nearly the same viz. about 6 German or 24 English miles. the whole is divided into 5 principalities, Nigries as they are calld by the Indians Laai Seba Regeeuwa Timo & Massãrã each governd by its respective Radja or King it has 3 harbours all good the best is Timo situate somewhere round the SE point of the Isle the next Seba where we anchord situate round the NW point the third we learnt neither the name or situation of only guess it to be somewhere on the South side off the West end of the Island is another calld Pulo with some additional name which in the hurry of business was forgot & never again askd for
The appearance of the Island especialy on the windward side where we first made it was allowd by us all to Equal in beauty if not excell any thing we had seen even circumstancd parchd up as it was by a drought which Mr Lange informd us had continued for seven months without the