Glass fragments, 7 x white glass, 1x bottle base glass and 3 x glass fragments.
Site Area Code North West
Site Location Dunes near Point Cloates
Number of Items 11
Material Glass
Registration Number 4083
ID 14471
Status Commonwealth
An American China trader wrecked at Ningaloo reef in 1811. The first example of an outwardbound American China trader to be examined from the archaeological perspective. Reported in the Columbian Sentinel dated 3 August 1811 to have had
$280 000 in specie on its outward journey from Boston.
Rapid departed Boston for Canton on 28 September 1810. After rounding the
Cape of...