Amsterdam 1986/2

Auction catalogue

Title: The Nanking Cargo. Additional lots, auction catalogue Christie’s Amsterdam, 28 April - 2 May 1986

The the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC), vessel De Geldermalsen was one of six ships commissioned in 1746 by the Zeeland Chamber, the second most powerful of the six chambers of the VOC. The ships were merchant vessels which the VOC used for long-distance trade to the West Indies, and the Far East round the Cape to Batavia, Canton and South Chinese waters.

On January 3, 1752, while on its way back to the Netherlands with cargoes of Chinese goods loaded

in Canton, it hit a coral reef and sank in the South China Sea.

Captain Michael Hatcher and his team discovered the wreck and in 1985 its porcelain cargo was sold by Christie's Amsterdam as "The Nanking Cargo" two hundred and thirty five years later.

Publisher: Christie's Amsterdam B.V. 1996

Details: Illustrated hard cover with all colour illustrations.

Pages: 12 pp.

ISBN 10: -

Language: English

Dimensions: 255 mm (10 inch) x 200 mm (7.9 inch) x 1 mm (0.03 inch).

Private copy, not for sale

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