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IOR/L/MAR/B/425C
- Record Id:
- 040-001111156
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001111156
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000108.0x0002ac
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082486810.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/425C
- Title:
- Europa: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Europa from England to Bombay and Mocha, and back (Captain Henry Hinde Pelly), 24 December 1772- 2 June 1775 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Portsmouth, 23 March 1773; 13 April 1773, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 21 July 1773, Joanna [Anjouan]; 21 August 1773, Bombay; 10 November 1773, Callicut [Calicut]; 14 November 1773, Cocheen [Cochin, Kochi]; 18 November 1773, Calicut; 29 November 1773, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 7 December 1773, Mangalore; 14 December 1773, Onore; 3 January 1774, Bombay; 5 February 1774, Surat; 26 April 1774, Mocha; 10 September 1774, Bombay; 29 January 1775, St Helena; 1 May 1775, [the Downs].
Inscribed: 'This my [sic] original Journal p[er] my own hand Writing, H H Pelly' (folio 1), and 'This is a Continuation of my Journal, H. H. Pelly' (folio 126).
Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 11 May 1775' (folio 1, referring to folios 2-124, entries for 24 December 1772-9 May 1775), and 'Recd. 7th June 1775.' (folio 125, referring to folios 125-126, entries for 7 May-2 June 1775).
The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks], and navigational readings at the foot of each set of columns. When the ship is at anchor, entries consist of date and remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with other British ships; the provisioning, maintenance, and ballasting of the ship; and details of cargoes carried, especially coffee from Mocha.
The journal also includes a list of the Europa's officers and seamen, 1773, giving [number], names, quality [rank or occupation], and note of date died, run [absconded from the ship], etc., where applicable.
The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Europa: Journal, Henry Hinde Pelly, Captain, 1766-68 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425A); Europa: Journal, Henry Hinde Pelly, Captain, 1769-71 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425B); and Europa: Journal, 1772-75 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425C).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001111156", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/425C: Europa: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001111156 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/425C : Europa: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[6630]/040-001111156
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (133 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000108.0x0002ac
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1772
- End Date:
- 1775
- Date Range:
- 24 Dec 1772-7 Jun 1775
- 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 133; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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)