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IOR/L/MAR/B/578C
- Record Id:
- 040-001112975
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001112975
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0001f7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082583799.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/578C
- Title:
- Drake: Journal
- Scope & Content:
-
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Drake from England to Calcutta [Kolkata, India], February 1728 [New Style date 1729]-August 1729, from Calcutta to Bombay [Mumbai, India], January 1729 [New Style date 1730]-May 1730, from Bombay to Surat, India, October 1730, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran] and back, November 1730-April 1731, from Surat to Calcutta, May-June 1731, and from Calcutta to England, January 1731 [New Style date 1732]-August 1732 (Captain John Houghton).
The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations. Some of the entries written in port include details of the loading and unloading of cargo and provisions.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001112975", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/578C: Drake: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001112975 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/578C : Drake: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[8449]/040-001112975
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item (100 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0001f7
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1729
- End Date:
- 1732
- Date Range:
- 14 Feb 1729-15 Aug 1732
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 100; 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)