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{{short description|Ship operated under charter to the British East India Company}}
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|Ship name= ''New Year's Gift''
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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 "[[Hudhud (mythology)|Hoopoe and Solomon]]". It was aimed at to improve or develop the relations between the Asian rulers and the company in an attempt gaining [[Indian Ocean trade|trading privilege]]s in the region.<ref name="scroll.in">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/983003/when-the-east-india-company-sent-a-ship-called-new-years-gift-to-india|title=When the East India Company sent a ship called New Year's Gift to India|first=Margaret|last=Makepeace|website=Scroll.in}}</ref>

== Overview ==
The ship was loaded with scarlet cloak decorated with silver [[embroidery]], glasses, and a velvet-covered chest of bottles filled with hot waters (spirits). It also included with several paintings of [[James II of England|King James]], [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]], [[Tamerlane]], and the East India Company's governor Sir [[Thomas Smythe]] along with three English ladies.<ref name="scroll.in"/>

Due to long voyage and the fear of damage supposed to be occurred with paintings, the company prepared a detailed [[user guide]] with [[Owner's manual|instruction]]s for preserving and repairing of the artworks with the help of a painter-stainer, Edward Gall. He used to direct the making of frames after he accompanied the ship.<ref name="scroll.in"/>

The ship, according to the [[SOAS University of London]] was sailed for Cape, [[Sokotra]], and Surat for business purposes. It dispatched pictures and 120 oil paintings there. She later went to [[Java]] where her remaining cargo was sent Japan. The ship arrived [[London]] in 1616.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/events/inaugurals/27may2008-the-cargo-of-the-new-years-gift-paintings-and-prints-from-london-for-asian-rulers-1614.html|title=SOAS Inaugural Lecture: Timon Screech: The Cargo of the New Year's Gift: Paintings and Prints from London for Asian Rulers, 1614|website=www.soas.ac.uk}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/kerr/vol09chap11sect01.html New Year's Gift] at [[Columbia University]]

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