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Rum Cream is from Canada, Rum Martinique was bottled in Luxembourg, with the final three all
bottled in England.

Staying with straights we have this set of eight Scotches. It is the Ships of The Seven Seas set from
The Whisky Connoisseur. The dates are the dates the ships were launched.

In order they are; Santa Maria (see
above) 1460; Mayflower, a sfluyt built
in 1609,; HMS Endeavour, a Bark and
Captain Cook’s Ship, 1764; Victory,
Nelson’s flagship, a ship-of-the-line,
1765; HMS Bounty, an armed former
merchantman famous for it’s mutiny,
1784; US Cutter Louisiana, a schooner
built in 1819; Cutty Sark (of Scotch
fame) a Clipper Ship built in 1869; and
finally, Alexander von Humboldt, a
lightship later converted to a Bark was
built in Germany in 1906.

Seawitch is another Clipper Ship. This one built in 1846.
The miniature is by Famous Firsts.

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