07-29-200607-29-2006
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July 29, 2006 10:00 AMCalender
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Nine Sea Charts from the Stonewall Jackson

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Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM

Description:

Nine Sea Charts from the Stonewall Jackson, Boston, five pubd. James Imray and Sons, London: "East India Archipelago", (1868, 1876, 1877),"Bay of Bengal", 1869, and "South and East Coasts of Australia, Cape Howe to the River Tweed", 1891; pubd. Hydrographic Office of the Admirality of London, Lieutenant Joseph Dayman, "Africa, South East Coast, Algoa Bay", 1855; two pubd. by Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, "S.E. Coast of Nova Scotia", 1874, and "The Great Bahama Bank", 1842; and pubd. John Walker, Geographer to the East India Co.","Chart of the South East Coast of Arabia", 1850.

Note: Stonewall Jackson was a three-masted bark that sailed from Salem to China from the late 1870s onwards. The charts range in date due to the fact that sea captains often used the same charts for several years of service. During this period, Stonewall Jackson was sailed by Captain Swain of Quincy, Massachusetts.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Keywords

Stonewall Jackson, East India Co., London, James Imray and Sons, Australia, Cape Howe, East Coasts, India Archipelago, Lieutenant, Hydrographic Office of the Admirality of London, Joseph Dayman, United States Navy, South East Coast, Hydrographic Office, Algoa Bay, The Great Bahama Bank, Nova Scotia, Geographer , John Walker, East Coast, China, Quincy, Swain, Massachusetts
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