Title
East India Company Chart Case
Year/Period
c1830
Dimension
Object size: 45.0 x 64.0 x 11.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-00083
Collection of
This black leather case was used for storing sea charts. It belonged to F. H. Halpin (or Halpen), whose name is inscribed on a brass plaque on the case, along with the initials HEICS, indicating his employment for the Honorable East India Company Service. Halpin was a purser aboard the Farquharson, one of the largest and heavily armed East Indiamen between 1828 and 1833, during which the vessel made three voyages between India and China.
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