New Year's Gift (ship)

The New Year's Gift was an English ship sent by the East India Company to Asia for a Mughal emperor, Jahangir. It was departed with painting gifts from England to Surat in 1613 with a slogan "Hoopoe and Solomon". It was aimed at to improve or develop the relations between the Asian rulers and the company in an attempt gaining trading privileges in the region.

New Year's Gift (ship)

The New Year's Gift was an English ship sent by the East India Company to Asia for a Mughal emperor, Jahangir. It was departed with painting gifts from England to Surat in 1613 with a slogan "Hoopoe and Solomon". It was aimed at to improve or develop the relations between the Asian rulers and the company in an attempt gaining trading privileges in the region.