Gustaf Palm
Gustaf Palm | |
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| Supercargo for the Swedish East India Company | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1760 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Died | 1807 Canton, Guangdong, China |
Gustaf Palm (c. 1760–1807) was a Swedish supercargo for the Swedish East India Company in Guangzhou. He was the son of Asmund Palm.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Gustaf Palm was born in the Ottoman Empire to Asmund Palm, a diplomat and merchant of the Swedish Levant Company,[3] and his wife Eva van Bruyn. He was brother of artists Elisabeth and Mimica Palm.
Palm was enrolled as supercargo for the Swedish East India Company.[4] He was the last enlisted person holding that position in Guangzhou.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gustaf Palm". gamlagoteborg.se (in Swedish). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Östman, Margareta (2008). Au champ d'Apollon: écrits d'expression française produits en Suède (1550-2006) (in French). Kungl. Vitterhets Histoire och Antikvitets Akademien. ISBN 978-91-7402-375-6.
- ^ Forsstrand, Carl (1917). Köpmanshus i gamla Stockholm: nya bidrag till skeppsbroadelns historia (in Swedish). Geber.
- ^ provins, Freemasons Sweden IX (1925). Kalender och matrikel över samtliga under Frimurare-ordens IX. provins: lydande L : Skotska S:t Andreasloger och V : S:t Johannesloger samt brödraföreningar jämte kortfattad historik över dessa loger 1925-1926 (in Swedish).
- ^ Dyke, Paul A. Van (2020-03-20). Whampoa and the Canton Trade: Life and Death in a Chinese Port, 1700–1842. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8528-35-6.
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