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Mss Eur F110/11
- Record Id:
- 040-002307426
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307415
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x000248
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178324241.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F110/11
- Title:
- Notes on Coins, Weights and Measures, and Conditions of Trade at Various Ports in the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean and the South China Sea
- Scope & Content:
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This untitled volume was compiled by John Pybus, an employee of the East India Company from 1742 to 1768. It contains notes relevant to trade in ports of the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and South China Sea. Subjects include:
- The weights, measures, and currencies used in different ports, and methods of converting between these units and British Imperial measurements
- Descriptions of trading ports, including routes by which a ship could reach them, goods that can be traded in each port, and customs fees
- Advice on the most profitable methods of trading in different ports
- Methods of assessing the quality of gold, silver, pearls, and other commodities
- The personalities of important individuals at each port.
The volume also includes a letter from Governor Thomas Bradyll and his council at Fort William, Calcutta [Kolkata] to Richard Bourchin and David Findlay, giving instructions for a trading voyage to Manila via Malacca.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307415
040-002307426 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F110 : Papers of John Pybus, East India Company servant, Madras 1742-68, member of Madras Council 1768
Mss Eur F110/11 : Notes on Coins, Weights and Measures, and Conditions of Trade at Various Ports in the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean and the South… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307415[0011]/040-002307426
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F110
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (95 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x000248
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1730
- End Date:
- 1770
- Date Range:
- Mid 18th century
- 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 97; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original handwritten pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)