The Great Diamonds of the World

The Braganza, the Matan, the Nizam, the Koh-i-Noor — the great diamonds one by one, with the thefts, sieges, sales and swindles that carried each of them across the world.

The Pitt or Regent

5 pages in this part of The Great Diamonds of the World.

The Pitt or Regent

Found by a Slave--Stolen by an English Skipper--Treachery and Murder--Sold for pound 1,000--Bought for pound 24,500--Resold to the Regent…

The Pitt or Regent: Jamchund

No doubt Pitt drove rather a hard bargain with Jamchund; but there was otherwise nothing dishonourable or even unusual in the transaction…

The Pitt or Regent: France

At last he was relieved of further anxiety by the negotiations, in consequence of which the "Pitt" became, the "Regent," passing from its…

The Pitt or Regent: Paris

The year after the preparation of this inventory which was made by a commission of the most experienced jewellers in Paris, the whole of…

The Pitt or Regent: Government

Since its recovery and redemption from the Dutch Government, the "Regent" seems to have remained in the French treasury to the present…

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