2420 | Rare Bibles, Books, & Manuscripts
Sun, Mar 3, 2024 12:00PM EST
Lot 348
1857 DEATH OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH SHIPWRECK ALMA
Estimate: $437.50 - $525
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $25 | $25 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $5,000 | $250 |
| $10,000 | $500 |
| $25,000 | $1,000 |
| $75,000 | $5,000 |
Year/Century: 19th century
Language: English
Subject: History
Binding: Hardcover
Description: "Alma"'s loss. Recounted in a letter to the Earl of Clarendon from Lord Alfred Paget, M.P. London: R. Clay, 1857 30 pages, 5 1/4 by 8 1/3" in size. contemporary 3/4 leather. fresh endpapers. On June 12, 1859, the British passenger ship ALMA, which was owned by Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. and had been built by John Laird Son & Co. in 1855, capsized on the Moorshedgerah Reef, four miles east of the little Harnish (Hanish) Island in the Red Sea, while traveling from Aden to Suez.
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