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IOR/L/MAR/B/610E
- Record Id:
- 040-001113393
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001113393
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000179.0x000399
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100081706746.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/610E
- Title:
- Shaftesbury: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Shaftesbury from England to Bombay and Persia, and back (Captain William Bookey), 12 January 1749 [Old Style]/12 January 1750 [New Style] - 22 September 1752 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 5 April 1750; 12 August 1750, Johanna [Anjouan]; 19 September 1750, Bombay; 3 November 1750, Cinde Road [Scindy Road]; 20 November 1750, Surat; 28 November 1750, Bombay; 20 December 1750, Surat; 26 January 1750 [Old Style]/26 January 1751 [New Style], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 5 March 1750 [Old Style]/5 March 1751 [New Style], Bombay; 25 September 1751, Surat; 22 November 1751, Bombay; 15 December 1751, Tillicherry [Tellicherry, Thalassery]; 27 January 1751 [Old Style]/27 January 1751 [New Style], Cochin [Kochi]; 4 February 1751 [Old Style]/4 February 1751 [New Style], Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 22 May 1752, St. Hellena [St Helena]; 13 August 1752, the Downs.
Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journal, Will Bookey' (folio 1), and 'This is my Originall Journall keept aboard the Shaftesbury, Willm. Bookey' (folio 133).
Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Septr. [September] 1752.' (folio 1).
The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [miscellaneous]; H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, maintenance, and ballasting of the ship; details of the other ships with which the Shaftesbury sailed in convoy; contact with His Majesty's ships; sightings of country ships and other vessels; commodities carried; references to private trade (e.g. folio 68); names of passengers; deaths of crew members; and general remarks.
References to fighting at Surat Castle in September 1751 between the British and the forces of the Scidee [Sidi]: folios 78-80.
The journal is double-dated, where necessary, prior to 25 March 1752, giving both Old and New Style dates.
The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books: Shaftesbury: Journal, 1750-52 (IOR/L/MAR/B/610E), and Shaftesbury: Journal, 1754-55 (IOR/L/MAR/B/610F).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001113393 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/610E : Shaftesbury: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[8867]/040-001113393
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (134 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000179.0x000399
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1750
- End Date:
- 1752
- Date Range:
- 12 Jan 1750-26 Sep 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 134; 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)