Wednesday, October 21, 2026

ships of east India company =1800's

 



France/Flanders: An early depiction of mariners using an astrolabe in the Indian Ocean. Miniature painting from 'Le Livre Des Merveilles' by Sir John Mandeville, 1403. 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville' ('Le Livre Des Merveilles') was a manuscript written between 1357-1371, allegedly the travelogue of a fantastical Englishman named Sir John Mandeville and his journeys across the Near East to as far as India and China. The earliest-surviving copy is in French, and the book was very popular, heavily influencing travelers such as Christopher Columbus. Stock Photo
China: 'The Opium Ships at Lintin, China, 1824'. Oil on canvas painting by William John Huggins (1781-1845), c. 1825. Nei Lingding Island (Nei Lingding Dao, 'Inner Lingding Island'） is an island in the Pearl River estuary in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Although it is located closer to the eastern (Hong Kong and Shenzhen) shore of the estuary, it is administratively part of the prefecture-level city of Zhuhai, whose main administrative centre is located on the west shore of the river. Stock Photo
UK/China: 'The East Indiaman 'Inglis''. Oil on canvas painting by William John Huggins (1781-1845), 1820. A painting of the East Indiaman ‘Inglis’, shown off South Foreland, near Dover, in broadside view. She sailed on her first voyage to India in 1813 and made at least nine more thereafter until 1830. The ‘Inglis’ was built in 1812 at Paul's Yard near Hull. She was mounted with 26 guns and had a complement of 130 men at full strength. During her East India Company service she sailed to Madras, Bengal and China under the command of Captain Charles Otway Mayne. Stock Photo
UK/South Africa/India/China: 'The East Indiaman 'Lowther Castle' off Cape Town, South Africa'. Oil on canvas painting by William John Huggins (1781-1845), 1819. East Indiaman was a general name for any ship operating under charter or license to any of the East India Companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. Thus, one can speak of a Danish, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese or Swedish East Indiaman. English (later British) East Indiamen usually ran between England, the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and India. Stock Photo
John Harrison (1693– 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker. He invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought after device for solving the problem of establishing the East-West position or longitude of a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long-distance sea travel in the Age of Sail. The problem was considered so important, that the British Parliament offered financial rewards of up to £20,000 (£2.75 million) under the 1714 Longitude Act. Stock Photo
UK/China: 'East Indiamen in the China Seas'. Oil on canvas paintings by William John Huggins (1781-1845) and Edward Duncan (1803-1882), c. 1820-1830. This painting depicts the 'Winchelsea' and other Indiamen at sea. East Indiaman was a general name for any ship operating under charter or license to any of the East India Companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. Thus, one can speak of a Danish, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese or Swedish East Indiaman. Stock Photo
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China: 'The East Indiaman 'Asia''. Oil on canvas painting by William John Huggins (1781-1845), 1826. The 'Asia' was built in 1811 and is depicted off Hong Kong between 1831 and 1832. Huggins has painted her in starboard broadside, flying the red ensign and distinguishing flags. Chinese junks are shown left and right of her, with more European ships in the distance depicted in front of what may be 'Lintin' (Nei Lingding) Island. The subject of Indiamen in the East was a popular one with Huggins who began his working life at sea and served in the East India Company as a steward and assistant. Stock Photo
Africa: 'Africæ described, the manners of their Habits, and buildings: newly done into English by I.S. Are to be sold by Basset in Fleet Street, and by Chriswell in St Pauls Churchyard'. John Speed, London, 1676. This is the earliest English language map of Africa. This map forms part of the first general atlas of the world produced in England. This famous map is from John Speed’s 'Prospect of the World', the first general atlas produced in Great Britain, prepared in 1626 and first published in 1627 by Humble and then in subsequent editions to 1676. This map is from the edition of 1676. Stock Photo
China: 'View from Dane's Island of East Indiamen, sampans, and junks at the Whampoa anchorage in the Pearl River in Canton'. Oil on canvas painting by W.J. Huggins (1781-1845), c. 1835. Huangpu, formerly transcribed as Whampoa, is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Huangpu was the dock area and waterfront for many European cargo vessels trading with China in the 18th century, such as those associated with the Maritime Fur Trade and Old China Trade. During the First Opium War, the Battle of Whampoa was fought between the British and Chinese. Stock Photo
UK/India/China: 'The East Indiaman 'Kent' off Deal, England'. Oil on canvas painting by William John Huggins (1781-1845), c. 1825. The 'Kent' was an East Indiaman, a vessel sailing for the British East India Company, and launched in 1820. She completed two voyages to Bombay and China for the Company and was on her third voyage, to Bengal and China, when she was lost at sea in the Bay of Biscay due to a fire. Her captain for all three voyages was Henry Cobb. East Indiaman was a general name for any ship operating under charter or license to any of the East India Companies. Stock Photo
USA/Hawaii: 'Kalaniopu'u, King of Owyhee (Hawaii), Bringing Presents to Captain Cook'. Watercolour painting by John Webber (1751-1793), 1784. The 1778 arrival of British explorer James Cook was Hawaii’s first documented contact with European explorers. Cook named the islands the 'Sandwich Islands' in honor of his sponsor John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He published the islands' location and reported the native name as Owyhee. Cook visited the islands twice. During his second visit in 1779, he was killed while attempting to abduct the King of the Big Island of Hawaii, Kalaniʻōpuʻu. Stock Photo
Maritime: 'The launch of the Honourable East India Company ship 'Edinburgh''. Watercolour painting by William John Huggins (1781-1845), c. 1825. William John Huggins (1781 - 19 May 1845) was a British marine painter who spent time as an ordinary seaman, making one voyage to India and China betwen December 1812 and August 1814 on an East Indiaman. He drew various ships and landscapes during his voyage, and eventually became a professional artist after settling in London, working for the East India Company. Huggins won royal patronage for his work. Stock Photo
The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. It explored what is now called the Ross Sea and discovered the Ross Ice Shelf. On the expedition, Ross discovered the Transantarctic Mountains and the volcanoes Erebus and Terror, named after his ships. The young botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker made his name on the expedition. The expedition inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole, and made substantial observations of the zoology and botany of the region, re Stock Photo
The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. It explored what is now called the Ross Sea and discovered the Ross Ice Shelf. On the expedition, Ross discovered the Transantarctic Mountains and the volcanoes Erebus and Terror, named after his ships. The young botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker made his name on the expedition. The expedition inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole, and made substantial observations of the zoology and botany of the region, re Stock Photo
France: Noah supervising the building of the ark with God's blessing from on high. Miniature painting from the Bedford Hours, by the Bedford Master (fl. 15th century), c. 1423. The Bedford Master was an manuscript illuminator active in Paris during the fifteenth century. He is named for the work he did on two books illustrated for John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford between 1415 and 1435. One is the Bedford Hours, a Book of Hours, in the British Library. Noah (or Noe, Noach) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. Stock Photo
John Harrison (1693– 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker. He invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought after device for solving the problem of establishing the East-West position or longitude of a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long-distance sea travel in the Age of Sail. The problem was considered so important, that the British Parliament offered financial rewards of up to £20,000 (£2.75 million) under the 1714 Longitude Act. Stock Photo
Amagiri was the 15th of 24 Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world. They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War. She is most famous for ramming the PT-109 commanded by Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, who would later become the 35th President of the United States. Stock Photo
USA/China: Captain Robert Bennet Forbes (1804-1889), sea captain, China merchant, ship owner, and opium trader. Engraving from a photo, c. 1889-1890. Robert Bennet Ford was born in Jamaica Plain, near Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Ralph Bennet Forbes and wife Margaret Perkins, of the Perkins family, and brother of John Murray Forbes. As a member of the Forbes family of Boston, much of his wealth was derived from the opium and China Trade and he played a prominent role in the outbreak of the Opium War. Stock Photo
India/UK: 'The East View of Surat Castle'. Illustration by John Henry Grose (fl. 1750-1783), 1722. 'A voyage to the East Indies; containing authentic accounts of the Mogul government in general, the viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, with their several subordinate dependencies'. This two-volume work is the third edition of a book first published as a single volume in 1757, expanded to two volumes in 1766, and republished in 1772. The English author, John Henry Grose, went to Bombay (present-day Mumbai) in March 1750, to work as a servant and writer for the British East India Company. Stock Photo


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