Chinese Junk Keying
Chinese Junk Keying, white metal medal, 1848, by T. Halliday, port view of the junk, CHINESE JUNK KEYING. EXTREME BREADTH 33 FEET BURDEN 750 TONS DEPTH OF HOLD 16 FEET, rev. THIS REMARKABLE VESSSEL IS A JUNK OF THE LARGEST CLASS, AND IS THE FIRST SHIP CONSTRUCTED BY THE CHINESE WHICH HAS REACHED EUROPE, OR EVEN ROUNDED THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THIS JUNK WAS PURCHASED AUGUST, 1846, AT CANTON, BY A FEW ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMEN. SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG 6TH DECEMBER, 1846, ROUNDED THE CAPE 31ST MARCH, 1847, ARRIVED IN ENGLAND 27TH MARCH 1848. 45 mm, (BHM. 2319). Extremely fine with much original colour. £Sold
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