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Horsburgh Lighthouse (Chinese: ; (マレー語:Rumah Api Horsburgh)) is a lighthouse which marks the eastern entrance to the Straits of Singapore. It is situated on Pedra Branca island. Singapore's earliest lighthouse by date of completion, it is located approximately to the east of Singapore and from the Malaysian state of Johor. ==History== Horsburgh Lighthouse was named after Captain James Horsburgh (28 September 1762 – 14 May 1836), a Scottish hydrographer from the East India Company, who mapped many seaways around Singapore in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was called "the Nautical Oracle of the World". His charts and books allowed ships to navigate through treacherous areas of the ocean, saving many lives and property on the seas between China and India.〔.〕 On the wall of the Visitor's Room on the sixth floor of the lighthouse under the light room there is a panel with the following inscription:〔.〕 Translated literally into English, the Latin inscription reads:
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