Notes on Coins, Weights and Measures, and Conditions of Trade at Various Ports in the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean and the South China Sea
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- 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
- Date:
- 1730/1770
- Description:
- Abstract: This untitled volume was written 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 measurementsDescriptions of trading ports, including routes by which a ship could reach them, goods that can be traded in each port, and customs feesAdvice on the most profitable methods of trading in different portsMethods of assessing the quality of gold, silver, pearls, and other commoditiesThe 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.Physical description: 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade (practice)
Harbours
Metrology - Geographic region:
- Manila
South China Sea
Persian Gulf
Indian Ocean - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001452.0x000248_ar
81055/vdc_100000001452.0x000248_en
Mss Eur F110/11
Mss Eur F110/11