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IOR/L/MAR/B/285BB
- Record Id:
- 040-001109486
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001109486
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001513.0x0000c6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087973373.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/285BB
- Title:
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'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.'
- Scope & Content:
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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 February 1736 [New Style], Cape [of Good Hope]; 5 May 1736, Mocha; 9 September 1736, Bombay; 18 October 1736, Cochin [Kochi]; 25 October 1736, Anjengo [Anchuthengu]; 18 January 1736 [Old Style]/18January 1737 [New Style], St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 28 April 1737, the Downs.
The ship was at Mocha from 5 May to 16 August 1736.
Inscribed: 'This is my Origanall Journall, Franc [Francis] King [listed as First Mate on folio 6]' (folio 2).
Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 25th. May 1737' (folio 2).
The journal contains regular entries in seven columns: Var [variation]; H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds etc. [or winds and weather]; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in harbour, or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; winds; sea conditions; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; contact with other Company ships; sightings of other vessels; commodities carried, especially coffee from Mocha; and the death of Captain Frognall at Mocha on 21 July 1736 (folio 35).
The journal also includes: a list of the ship's company in 1735, giving number, names, quality [rank or occupation], and details of those men who had died, run [deserted], or been discharged, with dates (folio 6); a supplementary list of seamen taken on, with dates (folio 6); and a list of soldiers for the factory at Bombay, giving number and names (folio 7).
Entries for 1735/6 (where indicated) are mainly New Style (Gregorian calendar); entries for 1736/7 are double-dated, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style dates.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001109486 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/285BB : A Journall Off our Intending Voyage By God Permission in the Ship Britannia Capt Phineas Frognall from London Towards… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[4960]/040-001109486
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (95 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001513.0x0000c6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1735
- End Date:
- 1737
- Date Range:
- 5 Oct 1735-25 May 1737
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 95; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The entries in the journal are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)