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Description: Coat of Arms of the South Sea Company. The arms of the South Sea Company according to a grant of arms dated 31 October 1711 were: Azure, a globe whereon are represented the Straits of Magellan and Cape Horn all proper and in sinister chief point two herrings haurient in saltire argent crowned or, in a canton the united arms of Great Britain. Map on globe (showing the entire American Continent) based on sculpted COAT OF ARMS OF THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY, made 1711-12, now displayed in the The Queen's House, Greenwich (Item Ref: HRA0043.1), possibly a survival from the w:Luxborough Galley which in 1727 burnt, exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (See image[1][2])
Title: Arms of the South Sea Company
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