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IOR/L/MAR/B/474A
- Record Id:
- 040-001111802
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001111802
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000148.0x0003c2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085278468.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/474A
- Title:
- Talbot: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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The journal of the East India Company ship Talbot is part of the Marine Department Records, Ships' Journals. Inscribed: 'This is my original journal Thos [Thomas]: Dethick. Witness R. Cole'.
The logbook contains 'a list of the officers and seamen belonging to the Talbot' (ff 1a- 2 verso). The list includes details of their names; positions; and whether they had died, had run [deserted from the ship], or had been discharged. The logbook records the observations and accidents during the ship Talbot's voyage from England towards Bombay, Tellicherry [Thalassery], Callicutt [Calicut], Cochin [Kochi], Surat, Mocha, China and back. It contains daily entries in five columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], and Winds. It also provides general navigational information, weather conditions, latitude and longitude. The logbook contains notes of sightings of other vessels [ships and ketches] such as the Bombay Frigate sailing for Juddah [Jeddah], and the Fatta Dowlet [Fath al-Dawlah] Captain Laming sailing for Bussarah [Basra] in 1764. It also contains records of freight goods taken on board and ashore including pepper, sandalwood, salt, wood, coffee, sugar and tea.
Crew List; Passenger List
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001111802", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/474A: Talbot: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001111802 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/474A : Talbot: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[7276]/040-001111802
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (196 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000148.0x0003c2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1763
- End Date:
- 1766
- Date Range:
- 14 Feb 1763-23 Aug 1766
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 195; 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.
It contains one foliation anomaly f 1a.
- Arrangement:
- The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)