In 1840’s, desperate to regain their hold on the tea trade, the British East India Company hired Scottish botanist, plant hunter, and traveller Robert Fortune to travel into China’s interior, forbidden to foreigners, to steal the secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. Between 1843 and 1851, Robert Fortune succeed where those before him had failed - the infiltration of China’s interior and the successful transportation of tea plants to India.
Boston Harbor Auctions is having a two-day marine sale on November
9th and 10th, 2013 at the Lannan Gallery in Boston. The first day of the
sale will feature Marine Art and Antiques and most notably the fine
personal possessions collected and harbored by J. Pierpont Morgan
(1837-1913): banker, yachtsman, traveler, indulger and host.
