Prince of Wales soil and speaking no other language"). William Camden wrote in his 1607 work "Britannia" that originally the title "Prince of Wales" was not conferred automatically upon the eldest living son of the King of England because Edward II (who had been the first English Prince of Wales) neglected to invest his eldest son, the future Edward III, with that title. It was Edward III who revived the practice of naming the eldest son Prince of Wales, which was then maintained by his successors: Nevertheless, according to conventional wisdom, since 1301 the Prince of Wales has usually been the eldest living
Prince of Wales (1789 ship) European ports or languages. Paine recorded in his journal that, "they view us with the utmost astonishment ... as if they had never seen a European, or any ship other than their coasting junks." Finally, on 5 February a Chinese merchant ship was sighted, and hove to in response to hails from "Prince of Wales" crew. One of the Chinese vessel's crew agreed to act as pilot for the English ship and two days later "Prince of Wales" was within sight of the port of Macao. On 16 April "Prince of Wales" was at Whampoa. After some delays Milner was