Antique Art and Arms Fall Auction
Lot 59:
Antique Watercolor Legendary ships of Salem – the ship “Franklin†of Boston, 200 tons burden. She sailed from Boston on December 11, 1798, bound for Batavia on the island of Java. At that time the entire foreign trade of Japan was controlled by the Dutch merchants at Java. and on the arrival of the “Franklin†se was chartered by the Dutch East India Company for 30,000 piastres, for a voyage to and from Japan. This was the firstvoyage of an American vessel to Japan.Dimensions: 21" L x 17" H.
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