Directions for navigating from the Channel to the East Indies translated from Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette's 'Memoire sur la Navigation de France aux Indes'
Journal for the use of Midshipmen: Arthur Geoffrey Terence Dane, HMS Revenge and HMS Buxton
Scope & Content:
A daily diary which Midshipmen were required to keep as part of their training, the purpose of which was to train Midshipmen in observation, expression and orderliness, and which was regularly inspected by the supervising officer and the Captain. Midshipmen were to record in their own language t...
Historical sketch of shipping concerns of the East India Company, and papers on other marine subjects
Scope & Content:
Comprises: (a) Historical sketch of the management of the shipping concerns of the East India Company, 1600-1796; (b) Index to the more important part of the proceedings on the shipping affairs of the East India Company from 1791; (c) Memorandum containing a general outline of the material and le...