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1. Sketch of panoramic view of buildings looking west from opposite Regents Canal Dock, and three small sketches of sailing vessels and barges.
*Sketch of panoramic view of buildings looking west from opposite Regents Canal Dock, and three small sketches of sailing vessels and barges. Formed in 1812, the Regent's Canal and Dock Company built and maintained a canal between Paddington and Limehouse, and later a dock called the...
2. South Sea Company Dividend Hall.
*South Sea Company Dividend Hall. Inside the Dividend Hall of South Sea Company House.
3. Site of the old East India Company Yard.
*Site of the old East India Company Yard. The East India Company built ships in Deptford from the 17th century onwards, both in its own yard and later in the private establishments that...
4. Sir Thomas Rowe. From an original picture at Merchant Taylors Hall.
*Sir Thomas Rowe. From an original picture at Merchant Taylors Hall. Sir Thomas Rowe (1581-1644) was a City man by birth - a grandson on one side of a Lord Mayor of London, on the other of Sir John Gresham. As a young...
5. Ships of the General Steam Navigation Company, off Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall.
*Ships of the General Steam Navigation Company, off Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall. The vessels shown are the 'Clarence' of 800 Tons, leaving for Leith, the 'Leith' of 1000 tons arriving from Leith, and the 'Columbine' of 500 tons...
6. Street scene in Goa.
*Street scene in Goa. One of the first Englishmen to live in Goa was the Jesuit priest, Father Thomas Stephens (1549-1619) who left Europe in 1579 and spent the rest of...
7. The Alfred East Indiaman.
*The Alfred East Indiaman. The 1291-ton 'Alfred' was built by Green's of Blackwall in 1845. She was one of a series of vessels which were known as the 'Blackwall frigates'...
8. The Seringapatam, East Indiaman, 1000 tons.
*The Seringapatam, East Indiaman, 1000 tons. The 'Seringapatam' was built at Green's yard at Blackwall in 1837. These so-called Blackwall Frigates superceded the slower East India Company's...
9. The arms of the original East India Company.
*The arms of the original East India Company. The Honourable Company of London Merchants trading with the East Indies was formed in December 1600, and soon became known as the East India Company...
10. The Earl of Hardwicke (1838).
*The Earl of Hardwicke (1838). Built in 1838 at Green's yard in Blackwall, the East Indiaman 'Earl of Hardwicke' initially had paddle wheels. These were later removed when it was...
 
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