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IOR/L/MAR/B/325A
- Record Id:
- 040-001110128
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001110128
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001513.0x000148
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100080114745.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/325A
- Title:
- Prince Henry: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Prince Henry from England to Persia [Iran] and Bombay, and back (Captain Thomas Best), 20 November 1750-9 December 1752 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Portsmouth, 20 March 1751; 16 July 1751, Joanna [Anjouan]; 22 August 1751, Gombaroon [Bandar Abbas]; 27 September 1751, Bombay; 29 February 1752, Carwar [Karwar]; 9 March 1752, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 27 April 1752, Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 7 August 1752, St Helena; 30 October 1752, the Downs.
Note that the date 30 October 1752 above (the date given in the record) is Old Style.
Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, Thos. Best' (folio 2).
Marked 'Recd. [Received] 13th. Decr. [December] 1752'.
The dates in the journal change to New Style on 20 November 1752.
The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [Date and Remarks], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds and Weather, and Transactions. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with British ships; sightings of other vessels; punishments inflicted on crew members and soldiers; the cleaning and maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship, deaths at sea; commodities carried, the firing of gun salutes at Bombay on the occasion of the birthday of King George III (folio 59); transmission of correspondence; and general remarks.
The journal also includes: a list of the names of the crew members of the Prince Henry, 1750, giving number, names, quality [rank or occupation], whether they had been discharged or had run [deserted], whether they had died, and when and where [relating to the two previous columns] (folios 3-4); and a list of soldiers and galley men in the service of the East India Company (passengers), giving number, names, and quality, and stating whether they had been discharged, had run [deserted], had died, etc., with dates (folios 5-6).
The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Prince Henry: Journal, 1750-52 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325A); Prince Henry: Journal 1754-55 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325B); and Prince Henry: Journal, Benjamin Reynolds, Chief Mate, 1756-58 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325C).
Crew List; Passenger List; Soldier List
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001110128", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/325A: Prince Henry: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001110128 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/325A : Prince Henry: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[5602]/040-001110128
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (128 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001513.0x000148
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1750
- End Date:
- 1752
- Date Range:
- 20 Nov 1750-13 Dec 1752
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 128; 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 are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)