Tacks and 1 fragment of copper sheathing belonging to RP 5337A.
Site Area Code North West
Site Location 12 - 14 N /10m
Number of Items 15
Material Copper/brass
Registration Number 5337
ID 24848
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...