Shaftesbury: Journal

Title:

Shaftesbury: Journal

Date:

1750/1752

Description:

Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Shaftesburyfrom England to Bombay and Persia, and back (Captain William Bookey), 12 January 1749 [Old Style]/12 January 1750 [New Style] - 22 September 1752 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 5 April 1750; 12 August 1750, Johanna [Anjouan]; 19 September 1750, Bombay; 3 November 1750, Cinde Road [Scindy Road]; 20 November 1750, Surat; 28 November 1750, Bombay; 20 December 1750, Surat; 26 January 1750 [Old Style]/26 January 1751 [New Style], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 5 March 1750 [Old Style]/5 March 1751 [New Style], Bombay; 25 September 1751, Surat; 22 November 1751, Bombay; 15 December 1751, Tillicherry [Tellicherry, Thalassery]; 27 January 1751 [Old Style]/27 January 1751 [New Style], Cochin [Kochi]; 4 February 1751 [Old Style]/4 February 1751 [New Style], Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 22 May 1752, St. Hellena [St Helena]; 13 August 1752, the Downs.Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journal, Will Bookey' (folio 1), and 'This is my Originall Journall keept aboard the Shaftesbury, Willm. Bookey' (folio 133).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Septr. [September] 1752.' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [miscellaneous]; H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, maintenance, and ballasting of the ship; details of the other ships with which the Shaftesburysailed in convoy; contact with His Majesty's ships; sightings of country ships and other vessels; commodities carried; references to private trade (e.g. folio 68); names of passengers; deaths of crew members; and general remarks.References to fighting at Surat Castle in September 1751 between the British and the forces of the Scidee [Sidi]: folios 78-80.The journal is double-dated, where necessary, prior to 25 March 1752, giving both Old and New Style dates.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books: Shaftesbury: Journal, 1750-52 (IOR/L/MAR/B/610E), and Shaftesbury: Journal, 1754-55 (IOR/L/MAR/B/610F).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 134; 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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships logs
Ships
Trade (practice)
Shaftesbury

Geographic region:

Gombroon

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000179.0x000399_ar
81055/vdc_100000000179.0x000399_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/610E
IOR/L/MAR/B/610E

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