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IOR/L/MAR/B/599C
- Record Id:
- 040-001113235
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001113235
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0002fb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098442158.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/599C
- Title:
- Edgecote: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Edgecote from England to Bombay [Mumbai], April-November 1755, from Bombay to Surat January-February 1755 [New Style date 1756], from Surat to Mocha, April-May 1756, from Mocha to Bombay, August-September 1756, and from Bombay to England, December 1756-July 1757 (Captain John Pearce). Upon leaving England Edgecote was accompanied by the East India Company ships Pelham, Houghton, Stretham and Doddington, but soon parted company with them.
The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations. Folio 1 provides the ship’s weight of kentlage (permanent ballast, usually made of pig-iron) and other ballast. A list of crew is provided on folios 2-3. Folio 69 describes an engagement against four Marrater [Maratha] ships.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001113235", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/599C: Edgecote: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001113235 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/599C : Edgecote: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[8709]/040-001113235
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (137 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0002fb
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1755
- End Date:
- 1757
- Date Range:
- 13 Jan 1755-3 Aug 1757
- 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 137; 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)