The map shows the oases of El Hasa [El Ahsa, Saudi Arabia], drawn during a journey into Arabia by Lieutenant J W Wybard in September-December 1832. The map indicates topography, hydrography, settlements and cultivation.
'A Journall kept by me George P[..], Commander of the Shipp Scepter, For Surratt and Bombay in ye. Anno Domini 1695'.
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Journal of the voyage of the Sceptre from England to Bombay, October 1695-April 1697, and from Bombay bound for Mocho [Mocha], April-June 1697 (Captain George Phenney). The Journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewme...
'The Journal of a Voyage by God's Permission in the Ship Wilmington from the Port of London, to Mocha & Bombay and Other Places and Parts in the East Indies commenced ye 23rd Sep:br 1736 at Deptford Cpn Mr Charles Massey Commander. Rec. 12th May 1739' and 'The Diary of the Most Material Tran...
'A Journall Off our Intending Voyage By God Permission in the Ship Britannia Capt Phineas Frognall from London Towards Commencing From October the 4th. 1735 to.'
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Britannia from England to Mocha and Bombay [Mumbai], and back (Captain Phineas Frognall), 5 October 1735-19 May 1737 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 11 December 1735; 22 February 1735 [Old Style]/22 Fe...
The journal of the ship Essex by Captain George Jackson, witnessed by the Secretary of the Court of Directors of the East India Company Robert James, and received on 4 August 1747. The journal contains: The list of officers and seamen belonging to the ship Essex (ff 2-3) The entries made during ...
List of Passengers, Mails and Packets to and from India
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The file consists of letters regarding lists of passengers, mails and packets on board individual East India Company steam ships and vessels on different voyages from India, Suez or Aden, between 1838 and 1845. The main route is that taken from Bombay to Suez via the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf...
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers preparations for the expedition, the sea journey fro...