Publication Date
1729/1732
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Ships logs | Marine navigation | Trade (practice) | Weather | more | less
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
100
Physical Dimensions
1 item (100 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0001f7_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0001f7_en | IOR/L/MAR/B/578C
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000000179.0x0001f7_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1729/1732
Notes
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Drakefrom England to Calcutta [Kolkata, India], February 1728 [New Style date 1729]-August 1729, from Calcutta to Bombay [Mumbai, India], January 1729 [New Style date 1730]-May 1730, from Bombay to Surat, India, October 1730, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran] and back, November 1730-April 1731, from Surat to Calcutta, May-June 1731, and from Calcutta to England, January 1731 [New Style date 1732]-August 1732 (Captain John Houghton).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations. Some of the entries written in port include details of the loading and unloading of cargo and provisions. | 1 item (100 folios) | The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. | Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 100; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
