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IOR/L/MAR/B/692C
- Record Id:
- 040-001114169
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001114169
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000139
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100080831951.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/692C
- Title:
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'A Journal of a Voyage Intended by Gods Permission From Gomaroone in Persia To the River of Thames in Great Brittaine in the Good Ship Bouverie.'
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Bouverie from Gomaroone [Gombroon, Bandar Abbas] towards Great Britain (Captain Thomas Wotton), 29 June 1719-16 August 1720 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Bandar Abbas, 29 June 1719; 16 August 1719, Madarass [Madras]; 25 September 1719, Ballasore [Balasore]; 14 October 1719, Fort William [Calcutta]; 24 December 1719, Coxes [Cox's Bazar]; 11 May 1720, St Hellena [St Helena].
Inscribed: 'This is my Origional [original] Journall, Thos. Wotton' (folio 1).
Marked: 'Recd. 7ber y. 29th. 1720 [Received, 29 September 1720]' (folio 1).
The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [navigational information (latitude by account and observation, meridional distance from a fixed point, difference of longitude, and variation)]; H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, entries consist of remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; details of the other ships with which the Bouverie sailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; commodities carried; sightings of sea birds and marine animals; and general remarks.
A report of news from the British Isles: folio 73.
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: Bouverie: Journal, Chief Mate Thomas Meacham, 1713-16 (IOR/L/MAR/B/692B), and 'A Journal of a Voyage Intended by Gods Permission From Gomaroone in Persia To the River of Thames in Great Brittaine in the Good Ship Bouverie.', 1719-20 (IOR/L/MAR/B/692C).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001114169 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/692C : A Journal of a Voyage Intended by Gods Permission From Gomaroone in Persia To the River of Thames in Great Brittaine in the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9643]/040-001114169
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (80 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000139
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1719
- End Date:
- 1720
- Date Range:
- 29 Jun 1719-29 Sep 1720
- 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 80; 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.
- Administrative Context:
- The Bouverie left the Downs on 31 January 1717, bound for Madras and Bengal. The ship's voyage ended on 24 August 1720.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)