7th Nov, 2017 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Fearless')
108
[M] JOURNAL (LOG) OF THE HONOURABLE COMPANY SHIP...
EAST INDIA COMPANY LOG OF THE CHARLES GRANT, 1810
kept from Bombay toward England, maiden voyage 7th Feb-7th September 1810, contemporary vellum-backed blue boards (very slightly defective), original sailcloth cover -- 14 x 9¾in. (35.5 x 25cm.)
A curious journal of the H.C.S. Charles Grant's description of her only port between Bombay and Dover Roads, at St Helena. There is also a list of the principle officers. The Charles Grant was a 1264 ton vessel built in the Bombay Dockyard by Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia for William Moffatt. Thereafter she served almost exclusively between Bombay and China. In February 1834 she was sold to Hyde Lennox and disappears from Lloyds Register by 1840.
kept from Bombay toward England, maiden voyage 7th Feb-7th September 1810, contemporary vellum-backed blue boards (very slightly defective), original sailcloth cover -- 14 x 9¾in. (35.5 x 25cm.)
A curious journal of the H.C.S. Charles Grant's description of her only port between Bombay and Dover Roads, at St Helena. There is also a list of the principle officers. The Charles Grant was a 1264 ton vessel built in the Bombay Dockyard by Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia for William Moffatt. Thereafter she served almost exclusively between Bombay and China. In February 1834 she was sold to Hyde Lennox and disappears from Lloyds Register by 1840.
Sold for £1,054
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
EAST INDIA COMPANY LOG OF THE CHARLES GRANT, 1810
kept from Bombay toward England, maiden voyage 7th Feb-7th September 1810, contemporary vellum-backed blue boards (very slightly defective), original sailcloth cover -- 14 x 9¾in. (35.5 x 25cm.)
A curious journal of the H.C.S. Charles Grant's description of her only port between Bombay and Dover Roads, at St Helena. There is also a list of the principle officers. The Charles Grant was a 1264 ton vessel built in the Bombay Dockyard by Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia for William Moffatt. Thereafter she served almost exclusively between Bombay and China. In February 1834 she was sold to Hyde Lennox and disappears from Lloyds Register by 1840.
kept from Bombay toward England, maiden voyage 7th Feb-7th September 1810, contemporary vellum-backed blue boards (very slightly defective), original sailcloth cover -- 14 x 9¾in. (35.5 x 25cm.)
A curious journal of the H.C.S. Charles Grant's description of her only port between Bombay and Dover Roads, at St Helena. There is also a list of the principle officers. The Charles Grant was a 1264 ton vessel built in the Bombay Dockyard by Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia for William Moffatt. Thereafter she served almost exclusively between Bombay and China. In February 1834 she was sold to Hyde Lennox and disappears from Lloyds Register by 1840.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Fearless'), 7th Nov, 2017
