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IOR/L/MAR/B/635E
- Record Id:
- 040-001113682
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001113682
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x00016a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097081824.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/635E
- Title:
- King William: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship King William from England to Mocha, and back (Captain James Sanders), 1 August 1737-11 July 1739 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 12 October 1737; 5 January 1737 [Old Style]/5 January 1738 [New Style], Cape of Good Hope; 7 March 1737 [Old Style]/7 March 1738 [New Style], Joanna [Anjouan]; 26 April 1738, Mocha; 23 August 1738, Bombay; 26 September 1738, Tellichery [Thalassery]; 10 October 1738, Cochin [Kochi]; 20 October 1738, Anjengo [Anchuthengu]; 20 February 1738 [Old Style]/20 February 1739 [New Style], St Helena; 9 June 1739, the Downs.
The ship was at Mocha from 26 April to 3 July 1738.
Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journal, James Sanders' (folio 1).
Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 12th. July 1739' (folio 1).
The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds; Weathr. [weather]; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in habour, or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; weather; winds; sea conditions; references to the other ships with which the King William sailed in convoy; transport of Company soldiers; sightings of other vessels; commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha); private trade; the recovery of crew members after being sent on shore at St Helena suffering from scurvy (folio 100); reports that Europe was at peace (e.g. folio 116); and the impressment of thirty members of the ship's crew by a Royal Naval officer in Downs (folio 123).
The journal is generally double-dated, where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) dates. The year is erroneously recorded as 1738 instead of 1737 on folios 4-5.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001113682", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/635E: King William: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001113682 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/635E : King William: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9156]/040-001113682
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (126 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x00016a
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1737
- End Date:
- 1739
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1737-12 Jul 1739
- 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 126; 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 in the journal are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)