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IOR/L/MAR/B/630B
- Record Id:
- 040-001113645
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001113645
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x00011d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098449784.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/630B
- Title:
- Orford: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the East India Company ship Orford, kept by Captain Philip Jodrell. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] and Bombay [Mumbai], calling at the following places (all dates given are those of arrival): 12 January 1748, Gravesend; 20 February 1748, Downs; 25 February 1748, Spithead; 11 July 1748, Johanna [Anjouan]; 18 August 1748, Gombroon; 12 October 1748, Bombay; 4 December 1748, Tillicherry [Thalassery]; 15 December 1748, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 8 May 1749, St Hellena [St Helena]; 10 August 1749, Deptford.
The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: H [Hours], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and a general remarks column. The general remarks include the date and notes on winds, weather, sea conditions, employment of crew, rigging, ship maintenance, courses, distances, supplies, land bearings, ship sightings, flora and fauna, and some navigational data.
Captain Jodrell has inscribed and signed the journal (folio 2).
The entry for 23 July 1748 contains a long description of an attempted mutiny on board the ship (folio 44).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001113645", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/630B: Orford: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001113645 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/630B : Orford: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9119]/040-001113645
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (186 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x00011d
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1747
- End Date:
- 1749
- Date Range:
- 22 Dec 1747-29 Aug 1749
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 188; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 123-183, which have not been digitised.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)