China: Images from the Swedish East India Company of 1746 - Creatures of the deep.
Image from the diary of Carl Johan Gethe, a cartographer on board the Gotha Leyon, which left Sweden on a three year trading expedition in 1746. diary or Dagbok is titled: Dagbok hallen pa resan till Ost Indien begynt den 18 octobr: 1746 och slutad den 20 juni 1749 or 'Diary of a journey to East India begun on 18 October 1746 and ending June 20, 1749'. <br><br/>
The Swedish East India Company (Swedish: Svenska Ostindiska Companiet or SOIC) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1731 for the purpose of conducting It closed in 1813.