Engeland, penning, de Zeereis van de Chinese jonk Keying van China naar Londen, 1848
Great Britain, commemorative medal 'Voyage of the Junk Keying', 1848
Engeland, penning met betrekking tot de zeereis van de Chinese jonk Keying van China naar Londen, 1848.
Vz: Gezicht op het stuurboord van het schip; opschriften: 'THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING / ABOUT 800 TONS BURTHEN'. Kz: Tienregelig opschrift: ‘THE FIRST CHINESE VESSEL EVER BROUGHT TO EUROPE, LENGTH 160 FEET, BREADTH 55 FEET, DEPTH OF HOLD 16 FEET, ARRIVED AT ENGLAND MAR.27 1848'.
Verguld tin, 27 mm. Keerzijde gecorrodeerd. (Verkocht)
Great Britain. 1848. Medal by Thomas Halliday, 'Voyage of the Junk Keying*'. (Wm. BHM# 2322).
*Keying (Chinese: 耆英, p Qíyīng) was a three-masted, 800-ton Fuzhou Chinese trading junk which sailed from China around the Cape of Good Hope to the United States and Britain between 1846 and 1848. Her voyage was significant as it was one of the earliest instances of a Chinese sailing vessel making a transoceanic journey to the Western world. It served as a cultural exchange and offered Western audiences a glimpse into Chinese maritime traditions and craftsmanship,
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