Fort St George: Journal
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Fort St George: Journal
- Date:
- 1743/1746
- Description:
- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Fort St Georgefrom England to Bombay and back (Captain John Acton), 20 December 1743-25 August 1746 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Gravesend, 18 February 1744; left the Downs, 8 March 1744; left Spithead, 28 May 1744; 25 September 1744, Cape of Good Hope; 16 January 1745, Anjengo; 23 January 1745, Cochin [Kochi]; 25 March 1745, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 11 May 1745, Bombay; 23 October 1745, Goa; 6 November 1745, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 30 November 1745, Cochin; 4 December 1745, Anjengo; 23 February 1746, Cape of Good Hope; 10 June 1746, Gallway [Galway]; 26 July 1746, the Downs.Inscribed: 'This is My Original Journall, 25. Aug. 1746. John Acton' (folio 3).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Augt. [August] 1746' (folio 3).The following note has also been added at a later date on folio 1: 'The Fort St. George I believe'.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; details of the other ships with which the Fort St Georgesailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; deaths of crew members; commodities carried (especially wool from Bandar Abbas, and pepper); and general remarks.The record is part of a volume containing five separate log books and other records: Fort St George: Journal, John Acton, Captain, 1740-42 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632A); Fort St George: Journal, 1743-46 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632B); Fort St George: Journal, Robert Brown, Chief Mate, 1747-48 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632C); Fort St George: Imprest Book, c. 1702 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632D); and Fort St George: Receipt Book, c. 1722 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632E).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 165; 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
Fort St George - Geographic region:
- Gombroon
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000146_ar
81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000146_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/632B
IOR/L/MAR/B/632B