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IOR/L/MAR/B/668A
- Record Id:
- 040-001114006
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001114006
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x00036e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098453403.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/668A
- Title:
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'A Journal of our Intended Voyage By Gods Permission In the good Ship Cardigan from England to the East Indies. Commencing November the 5th 1712. By Me Richard Grainger.'
- Scope & Content:
- Journal of the East India Company ship Cardigan, kept by Captain Richard Grainger. The journal covers the ship’s voyage to Culcutta [Kolkata], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas], and Madras [Chennai] (all dates are those of arrival): 17 January 1713, Downes [Downs]; 15 May 1713, Table Bay, Cape; 29 July 1713, Ballasore [Baleshwar]; 11 August 1713, Rogues River; 19 October 1713, Culcutta; 2 March 1714, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 1 May 1714, Gombroon; 18 August 1714, Madras; 28 September 1714, Ballasore; 10 October 1714, Rogues River; 6 January 1715, Cox’s Island; 19 February 1715, Madras; 26 February 1715, Fort St David; 5 March 1715, Madras; 22 March 1715, Fort St David; 31 March 1715, Madras; 29 October 1715, Cape; 12 December 1715, St Hellena [St Helena]; 24 April 1716, Woolwich. Near the front of the journal (folio 3) is the inscription: ‘This is my Originall Journall, Richard Grainger, Received the 24th May 1716’ The journal consists of daily entries in two columns. The first column contains navigational data and the second column contains notes on winds, weather, land bearings, distances, ship maintenance and riggings, names of the deceased, ship sightings, additional navigational data, and some more general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only. At times entries include columns on Clock (time of day) and Depth (in fathoms).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001114006 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/668A : A Journal of our Intended Voyage By Gods Permission In the good Ship Cardigan from England to the East Indies. Commencing… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9480]/040-001114006
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (110 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x00036e
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1712
- End Date:
- 1716
- Date Range:
- 5 Nov 1712-24 May 1716
- 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 112; 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 95-111, which have not been digitised.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)