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British company which was active around the 1820s and undertook a commercial expedition to New South Wales, Australia. The other was a Japanese company active during
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In August 1866, the company held a meeting to raise funds by selling stock. At this time, Mark
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Harvesting continued through the summer, resulting in thousands of pounds of pearl shells and many pearls. As the crew was staying in Panama to return the season's harvest, Kroehl had a fatal recurrence of malaria. He died on 9 September 1867. With no funds to continue harvesting, and without
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California using the Sub Marine Explorer, and that the "Engineer" was scouting a position. However, the company recorded no further accomplishments. On April 2, 1924, the company was involuntarily dissolved.
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