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IOR/L/MAR/B/647B
- Record Id:
- 040-001113819
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001113819
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000233
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083832802.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/647B
- Title:
- Defence: Journal
- Scope & Content:
-
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Defence from England to Bombay [Mumbai] and back, November 1738-September 1740 (Captain Thomas Coates). The outward journey included a visit to Mocha, April-July 1739, and the return journey included a visit to St Helena, January-July 1740.
The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations.
The journal includes the following sketches:
- ‘The Island of Trindada’ [Trindade and Martin Vaz] (f 15)
- The ‘Ship Defence at Anchor in Table Bay’ (f 19)
- Unlabelled drawings of coastlines, probably including Comoros, Madagascar and Mozambique (f 25)
- Unlabelled drawings of the coastlines of Somalia and Yemen (ff 31-33)
- ‘The Island Digo Ruis’ [Rodrigues, Mauritius] (f 56).
Crew List
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001113819", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/647B: Defence: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001113819 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/647B : Defence: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9293]/040-001113819
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (86 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000233
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1738
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- 4 Nov 1738-11 Oct 1740
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 88; 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)