Together with the two masted wooden shipmodel, named Swift (1805). 45 x 52 cm.
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A detailed fully rigged wooden shipmodel, inscribed Bounty (1787). 64 x 75 cm.
Together with the two masted wooden shipmodel, named Swift (1805). 45 x 52 cm.
A coal-carrying merchant ship operating on the coast of England, the Bounty was purchased by the Admiralty and recommissioned in 1787 for a special mission. She was to sail halfway around the world to Tahiti; collect sapling breadfuit trees and transport them to the West Indies. (2)
Together with the two masted wooden shipmodel, named Swift (1805). 45 x 52 cm.
A coal-carrying merchant ship operating on the coast of England, the Bounty was purchased by the Admiralty and recommissioned in 1787 for a special mission. She was to sail halfway around the world to Tahiti; collect sapling breadfuit trees and transport them to the West Indies. (2)
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