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IOR/L/MAR/B/698A
- Record Id:
- 040-001114201
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001114201
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x0001b9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083837736.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/698A
- Title:
- Dartmouth: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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This volume consists of a journal (log book) of a voyage to Madras [Chennai] and Bengal in the East India Company ship Dartmouth, recorded by the Captain of the ship Thomas Beckford.
The journal entries are dated 14 October 1710 to 17 August 1713.
The inscriptions on folio 2 of the journal state that the journal was received on 16 September 1713 and laid before the Court of Directors of the East India Company on 18 September 1713.
The journal records the ship sailing for Gravesend on 19 November 1710. Following this, the ship anchored in the Downes [Downs] on 22 December 1710, at Spithead on 3 January 1710, Stokes Bay on 4 January 1710, and Spithead again on 26 January 1710.
The journal entries subsequently record the ship anchoring in the following places (both Old Style and New Style dates are given in the journal entries): the Cape of Good Hope (24 April to 13 May 1711), Fort St George [Madras] (10 to 20 July 1711), Fort St David (10 to 12 August 1711), Fort St George (14 August to 6 September 1711), Rogues River [Muri Ganga, also known as Channel Creek or the Baratala River] (25 September 1711, leaving Bengal 28 January 1711/12), Anjango [Anchuthengu] (15 to 17 February to 1711/12), Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] (28 March to 28 June 1712), Fort St George (7 to 16 August 1712), Table Bay (18 January to 31 March 1712/13), and Texel (9 August 1713). The ship reached the Thames Estuary on 17 August 1713.
Daily entries for when the ship was at sea from 28 January 1711 onwards consist of tables recording the following: navigational measurements of latitude by account and departure (from the meridian), hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, winds, and remarks. The remarks mostly relate to the following: the wind and other weather and sea conditions; ships with which the Dartmouth was sailing in company, and sightings of other ships; actions performed by the crew; and measurements of the course of the ship and bearings of land.
Entries for when the ship was at Fort St George, Fort St David, and Anjango record information including: weather conditions, treasure and goods being unloaded from the ship and sent ashore, the Captain and merchants from the ship going ashore, provisions and other cargo being received on board the ship, actions performed by the crew, and the arrival and departure of other ships. There are no daily entries for the dates when the ship was at anchor in the other places listed above, other than entries for the arrival and departure dates.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001114201 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/698A : Dartmouth: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9675]/040-001114201
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (131 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x0001b9
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1710
- End Date:
- 1713
- Date Range:
- 14 Oct 1710-18 Sep 1713
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 133; 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 journal 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)