Starboard view of the junk, single sail from main mast.
Obverse lettering
THE CHINESE JUNK
`KEYING.`
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
18-Line inscribed.
Reverse lettering
THE
FIRST // CHINESE VESSEL EVER // BROUGHT TO EUROPE, OR EVEN //
ROUNDED THE CAPE. // DER DIMENSIONS ARE // LENGTH, 160 Ft; BREADTH,
35 Ft; // DEPTH OF HOLD, 16 Ft; BURTHEN, 800 TONS // MAIN MAST OF
IRON-WOOD, 90 Ft LONG; // THE SAILS ARE MADE OF STRONG MATTING, //
THE MAIN SAIL WEIGHS, NEARLY 9 TONS; // HER 3 ANCHORS ARE OF
IRON-WOOD; // THE RUDDER WEIGH 8,7 TONS; // SHE IS AN EXCELLENT
SEA-BOAT, // AND MADE A VOYAGE FROM // BOSTON U.S. TO JERSEY // IN
21 DAYS. // ARRIVED AT ENGLAND // 27 MAR.1848.
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Allen and Moore, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1844-1855)
