Reference:6971 Captain Wilson's Voyage to China, 1760

Neptune seated upon a rock indicates a sea-passage to Mercury / THE GIFT OF THE ENG. EAST INDIA COMPANY TO CAPTAIN WILLIAM WILSON, COMMANDER OF THE SHIP PITT AS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS SERVICES IN HAVING MADE HIS PASSAGE TO AND FROM CHINA BY AN UNUSUAL COURSE, AND THEREBY ENVINCING THAT NAVIGATION TO BE PRACTICABLE AT ANY SEASON OF THE YEAR.

By Richard Yeo.

Bronze; 68 mm.

 

Condition: Very Fine

Notes:

Very Fine and lightly cleaned. A rare medal of great topographical interest, with its focus on China in the mid-eighteenth century.