The Swallow Easy India Company's Packet Sailing Ship 80 Y/O Ad Trade Card

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The Swallow Easy India Company's Packet Sailing Ship 80 Y/O Ad Trade Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL c80 YEARS OLD  TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
THE TITLE ON THIS CARD IS:
EASY INDIA COMPANY'S PACKET "SWALLOW"
Swallow was a teak-built packet ship that the British East India Company (EIC) launched at Bombay in
1779. She made nine trips between India and Britain for the EIC between 1782 and 1803. Her most
notable exploit occurred on her seventh voyage, when she helped capture seven Dutch East Indiamen on 15
June 1795. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1804 and named her Lilly. She served in the navy until she
was sold in 1811. During this time she participated in the capture of La Disland, and participated in a
quixotic and unsuccessful attempt of General Francisco de Miranda to liberate the Province of Venezuela
from Spain in 1806. Her whereabouts between 1811 and 1815 are obscure, but in 1815 J. Lyney, of
London, purchased her and she sailed to the West Indies and to India as an EIC-licensed vessel until she
wrecked on her way to Calcutta in 1823.
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGES ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTIONS
IT IS c80 YEARS OLD
THE FRONT AND BACK MAY HAVE:
PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
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