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IOR/L/MAR/B/675A
- Record Id:
- 040-001114056
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001114056
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000010
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100080734107.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/675A
- Title:
- Sunderland: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Sunderland from England to Mocha and back (Captain William Hutchinson), 9 November 1720-10 April 1722 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 26 December 1720; 2 April 1721, the Cape [Cape of Good Hope]; 10 June 1721, Mocha; 15 August 1721, Goa; 5 September 1721, Cochin [Kochi]; 15 December 1721, St Hellena [St Helena]; 24 March 1721 [Old Style]/24 March 1722 [New Style], Woolwich.
Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journall of the Shipp Sunderland, Wm. Hutchinson, 18 April 1722' (folio 1).
The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Course; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the ballasting, supplying, and provisioning of the ship; the maintenance of the ship; details of the other ships with which the Sunderland sailed in convoy; sightings of country ships and other vessels; commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha); conveyance of Company letters; and references to private trade.
The journal also includes a list of officers and seamen on board the Sunderland, consisting of six columns recording the following information, where applicable: men's names; number; run [deserted]; discharged; dead; and year, month, day, and place where (folios 2-3).
The journal is double-dated where necessary, giving both Old and New Style dates.
The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books: Sunderland: Journal, 1720-22 (IOR/L/MAR/B/675A), and Sunderland: Journal, 1723-25 (IOR/L/MAR/B/675B).
Crew List
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001114056", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/675A: Sunderland: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001114056 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/675A : Sunderland: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9530]/040-001114056
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (72 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000010
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1720
- End Date:
- 1722
- Date Range:
- 9 Nov 1720-18 Apr 1722
- 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 72; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every 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)