Abstract: This part contains papers relating to the revision of a 1908 Foreign Office memorandum on British interests in the Persian Gulf by the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Air Ministry and the Board of Trade. The memorandum was being revised at the request of the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, in order that it should be available to inform their deliberations.The papers mostly consist of correspondence between the India Office and the above departments, as well as the following: Lieutenant-Colonel Hastings Lionel Ismay of the Committee of Imperial Defence; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth).This part also includes a copy of the memorandum of 12 February 1908, reprinted in January 1914. The pages which include section (d.) ‘British Cables’ (relating to telegraph lines in the Persian Gulf) of Part III. ‘Commerce’, have been removed from, and placed after, the rest of the memorandum in this part of the volume, and include handwritten notes indicating revisions to be made to that section of the memorandum. The memorandum includes the following maps: ‘Persia and Afghanistan’ (IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 213); ‘Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf & Arabian Coast’ (IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 212); ‘Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf & Arabian Coast’ (IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 201); ‘Sketch of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab’(IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 198); and ‘Sketch to illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet and Sheep Island. (Musandim Peninsula.)’ (IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 187).In addition, this part includes a note drawn up by the Board of Trade on trade in the Persian Gulf, and a note by the Mercantile Marine Department of the Board of Trade on lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (218 folios)
Abstract: The volume contains papers relating to Britain’s trade with east Persia [Iran], chiefly comprising reports by Major B Temple, British Vice-Consul, Meshed [Mashhad].Major Temple’s reports cover various aspects of trade including development possibilities, trade routes, foreign competition (notably Russia), local resources, topography and economic geography, types of transport, road and rail networks, telegraph and postal communications, banking facilities, favoured merchants to trade with, merchant and trade conferences, and the political circumstances in Persia and surrounding countries.The papers including the following:‘Report of a Commercial Survey of the East Persian Trade Route between Quetta and Meshed’ by Major Temple, dated 1919, first proof (ff 166-197) and final version (ff 34-60), plus letters regarding revisions made by the Department of Overseas Trade and comments by India Office officials, and a proposal for possible confidential circulation of the report to a limited number of selected British firms‘Political and Economic Report on Khorasan for the year 1919’, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Tehran, co-authored by the Consul-General (political section) and Major Temple (economic section) (ff 148-159)‘Trade Notes’ by Major Temple, January-February 1920, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Tehran (ff 138-146)‘Trade Notes’ by Major Temple, February-April 1920 and June 1920, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to the Comptroller-General, Department of Overseas Trade, with related letters and notes concerning the potential establishment of a ‘forwarding agency’ at Meshed (ff 17-32)‘Commercial Survey of East Persia’ by Major Temple, forwarded in December 1919 by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan to the Director of the Department of Overseas Trade (Development and Intelligence), London (ff 62-135)Quarterly Trade Returns for 1920, completed and forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to the Controller General, Department of Overseas Trade (Development and Intelligence).Papers comprise: printed reports; India Office Political Department registry dividers including notes by India Office officials on groupings of papers; internal letters and notes by India Office officials; and some letters from the Department of Overseas Trade.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 200; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: multiple additional printed pagination sequences are present in parallel between ff 35-197.
Abstract: This volume consists of two parts, both comprising batches of printed correspondence relating to political and economic affairs in Persia [Iran], as follows:Part 1, 'Persia: Affairs; Printed Correspondence (1925-July 1926)' (IOR/L/PS/10/1169/1) (ff 1-167)Part 2, 'Persia: Affairs; Printed Correspondence (1926-' (IOR/L/PS/10/1169/2) (ff 168-644).Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 645; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.Pagination: the volume also contains multiple original printed pagination sequences.
Abstract: This item comprises: deciphered telegrams; correspondence; covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India; India Office Political Department registry forms with subject and notes; and India Office draft telegrams, draft letters, minutes and notes.The papers relate to work of the Anglo-Persian Committee for the revision of the [Anglo]-Persian [Iranian] Customs Tariff, set up under the provisions of Article 6 of the Anglo-Persian ‘Agreement between His Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Persian Government’, signed at Tehran, 9 August 1919 (ff 156-157), including:Discussion of the aims and objectives of the Committee (see folios 126, 114 and 101), and the reasons why the tariff not should be framed to discriminate against German, Austrian and Turkish tradeInformation regarding local duties on numerous commodities and articles, and customs arrangements (including customs evasion), forwarded to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Delhi, by the British consuls in Bandar Abbas, Sistan and Kain [Qayen or Qaen], Meshed [Mashhad], and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; the Deputy Political Resident in Persian Gulf; and the Chargé d’Affaires and Special Commissioner, TehranDiscussion concerning whether the Russo-Persian Customs Convention of 1902 and the commercial treaty of 1873 between Germany and Persia are technically still in forceNotes on the potential effect of revised duties on the Manchester textile trade (ff 144-145)A copy of the ‘Minutes of Meetings of the Joint Anglo-Persian Committee for the revision of the Persian Customs Tariff’ (12 February-9 March 1920), including names of the Persian and British members and annexes listing suggested amendments of duties on textiles and manufactures, foodstuffs, alcohol and alcoholic beverages, skins and manufactures thereof, livestock, etc. (ff 67-86)Objections to the new customs tariff, in December 1921, by the authorities (‘Centro Soyuz’) at Enzeli [Bandar-e Anzali] (ff 64-65)New restrictive measures proposed by the Persian Government on exports and imports in 1922, including: the detailed views of the Board of Trade, notably regarding prohibitions proposed on the import of ‘luxuries’ (ff 33-51); and the claim by Sir Percy Loraine, British Legation in Tehran (stated in folios 21-22 and 25), that the scheme was abandoned following his detailed letter to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs setting ‘forth the inherent defects of the proposals’ (ff 53-63, in French)The proposed prohibition by the Persian Government in 1923 on the import of certain ‘so-called luxury articles in Persia’ and discussion of the possible true reasons behind the policy, including original and revised lists of luxury articles issued by the Tehran government (ff 5-18).The principal correspondents are: Sir Percy Cox [Acting Minister] in Tehran (December 1919-February 1920); the Foreign Office; the Board of Trade, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department; the Governor of Bombay [Mumbai]; the Government of India; and Percy Loraine. Note that there is some overlap of documents with IOR/L/PS/10/856/2.Physical description: 1 item (155 folios)
Abstract: The correspondence includes copies of letters, translated letters, and secret and political consultations related to the following:‘Deputation of Mehedi Ali Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān, several spellings appear in this part] to the Court of Persia [Iran] for the purpose of counteracting the designs of Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Amīr of Afghanistan, also spelled Zemaun] against Hindostan [Subcontinental India]’The progress of Mehedi Ali Khan’s negotiations with Persian officials at Tahiran [Tehran, also spelled as Teheran] including the Grand Vizier, Hajy Mirza Ibraheem Khan [Ḥājī Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalantar Shīrāzī, Eʿtemād al-Dawlah, Persian Prime Minister], and the King of Persia [Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār, also called Bābā Khān]Appointment of Captain John Malcolm to the office of Envoy from the British Government to the Court of Persia on 12 October 1799The British offer of supplies of arms to the Persian GovernmentExchange of letters with Hajy Mahomed Kheleel Mullik Ettijar, native of Hazbin [Qazwin] [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Qazwīnī, Malik al-Tujjār of the Persian Empire, various spellings of his name and title feature] related to his help with the execution of the Company’s charges in Bushire [Bushehr]A list of superfine broad cloth to deliver in PersiaThe trading activities of the Governor of Bushire, Sheikh Naser Khan [Shaikh Naṣr Āl Madhkūr, son of Shaikh Nāṣir Āl Madhkūr, also spelled as Nusser]The rebellion of the Governor of Fars, Hussan Kully Khan [Ḥasan Qulī Khān]Notes on the King of Persia, his family and wealthExchange of letters between Sheikh Naser Khan of Bushire and Jonathan Duncan, the Governor at Bombay, regarding Mehedi Ali Khan’s position in BushireThe efforts of Mehedi Ali Khan to send the two princes, Mahomed [Maḥmūd Shāh Durrānī] and Ferouze [Fayrūz Shāh Durrānī] brothers of Zeman Shah, towards Herat [also spelled as Huraut] and Candahar [Kandahar] via Khorassan [Khorasan]Account of Abdur Reheem [‘Abd al-Raḥīm Khān Shīrāzī, Beglerbegi of Iraq] from the Royal Residence in Tahiran in relation to the happenings at the Persian Court; Mehedi Ali Khan’s personality and achievements; and the issue of Zeman ShahGovernor General, Lord Mornington [Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley of Norragh], honouring Mehedi Ali Khan and Hajy Mahomed Kheleel with a ‘khilaut’ [
khil'a, distinction] for their good conduct in PersiaA translated copy of a firmaun [farmān] from the King of Persia regarding the relations of his country with the EnglishDetails of the internal affairs of MuscatFrench activities in the GulfThe activities of Armenian vesselsNews of correspondence being established between Tippo Sultaun [Sulṭān Fātiḥ ‘Alī Ṣāḥib Tīpū, Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore] and Zeman Shah, and their shared feelings against the English presence in IndiaZeman Shah’s anti Shea [Shi‘a] policyCommunication with Soliman Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, also spelled as Soleyman] of Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled as Bagdat]The French siege of Akkah (Acre, also spelled as Akka), and the response of the Ottoman and the BritishThe Ottomans and Wahabies [Wahhābīs] reaching an agreement regarding the governing of Lehesa [Al-Ahsa]Instructions and information to Captain Malcolm about his trip to PersiaThe movements of the Ottoman troops in SyriaThe possibility of the British establishing relations with Zeman ShahOttoman-Persian relationsOttoman-British relationsRussian-Persian relationsFrench-Arab relations.Physical description: 1 item (126 folios)
Abstract: A journal recording a voyage of the East India Company ship
Moricefrom England to Mocha. The journal was recorded by the Chief Mate John Cary, and the Captain of the ship was Christopher Wilson (also spelled Willson in the journal).The journal entries are dated 24 August 1728 to 22 January 1729/30 [both Old Style and New Style dates are given in the journal, and years in this description are written as they appear in journal].The verso of the first folio of the journal contains the following inscriptions: ‘This is M Jn Carys Original Journall Chiefe Mate of the Morice, Chr: Wilson’ and ‘Rec.[eive] 3 June 1730’.The entries start when the ship was at Deptford, after which it moored at Gravesend, and subsequently anchored in the Downs.The entries then record the ship being anchored in the following places: Table Bay (23 January to 8 February 1728/9); Mocha (19 to 31 May 1729); Babelmandel [Perim or Mayyun in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait] Harbour (3 to 16 June 1729); Mocha (21 June to 31 July 1729); Bombay (17 August to 9 September 1729); and Tellecherry [Thalassery] (23 to 25 September 1729). The journal then records the ship anchoring in St Hellena [Saint Helena] Road on 17 December 1729, and it was still there when the entries end on 22 January 1729/30.The journal also includes a list of the ship’s company (folios 5 to 6), in the form of a table listing the names and quality (position or rank) of each member of the crew, with a column to indicate whether they had died, run away or had been discharged, and a column for the time when this had taken place (the latter two columns contain no entries).Daily entries for when the ship was at sea consist of tables recording the following: the date and day of the week; hours (H); knots (K); fathoms (F); courses; winds; weather; and other comments. These other comments mostly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions and sea conditions; other navigational measurements; sightings and bearings of land; sightings of, and encounters with, other ships and sailing vessels; and actions performed by the crew. These entries also sometimes include other comments relating to occurrences such as sightings of birds and other animals.Entries for when the ship was at anchor mainly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship and stowed away; goods unloaded from the ship into other ships; actions performed by the crew; and the arrival and departure of other ships.The entries also record illness and disease amongst the crew, and deaths of members of the crew.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 67; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Monmouthfrom England to Mocha and Bombay, and back (Captain James Montgomery), 30 September 1731-7 November 1733 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 30 November 1731; 8 March 1732 Cape of Good Hope; 19 May 1732, Mocha; 4 September 1732, Bombay; 29 October 1732, Coachin [Cochin, Kochi]; 10 December 1732, Gomberoon [Gombroon, Bandar Abbas]; 27 January 1733, Bombay; 22 February 1733, Tillicherey [Tellicherry, Thalassery]; 5 March 1733, Anjanga [Anjengo, Anchuthengo]; 23 June 1733, St Hellena [St Helena]; 22 October 1733, Deptford.Inscribed: 'A Journal Book Kept By me James Montgomery Commander of the Good Ship Monmouth Commencing The 29 of September 1731 being the Day Establish'd Commander and Bound to Mocha and now Lying In Capt. Thomas Brundons Dry Dock', and (in a different hand), 'This is my Origanall Jurnall, J. Mt.gomery' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 9 Novr. [November] 1733' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in eight columns: [date and navigational details]; H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; Weather, and Remarkable Accidents [events]. A further column recording Depth or Soundings is also used occasionally. When the ship is at anchor entries appear in three columns: weekdays and months; winds; and remarks (the column headings are variously rendered). Symbols are occasionally used for the days of the week.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the ballasting, supplying, and provisioning of the ship; the maintenance of the ship; transport of Company officers and soldiers; details of the other ships with which the
Monmouthsailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of country ships and other vessels; occasional remarks on encounters with birds, fish, and other marine animals; commodities carried (e.g. timber for Bandar Abbas, and pepper); private trade; deaths of crewmembers; and general remarks.The journal also includes: a punishment for theft (folio 25); a 'dismall' account of deaths aboard a Dutch ship (folio 34); a report of the death of the Captain's son (folio 52); and details of cargo unloaded at Erith and Deptford (folios 150-152).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 153; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has foliations anomaly, f 61a.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship the
Mercuryby Augustus Joseph Applegarth, Chief Mate. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay, Madras, Bengal and the Persian Gulf and back, between 21 November 1777 and 19 June 1784 (Captain George Forbes).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds etc., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships, Portuguese ships, country ships, commodities carried, and general remarks.At the front of the three parts of the journal (beginning at folios 1, 144, and 285 respectively) is the inscription: 'This is my original journal and my own handwriting. Applegarth. Witness J Holland. Received 29th June 1784'.The ship's route is as follows (dates are of arrival unless otherwise stated): 21 November 1778, Deptford (f 6); 14 December 1778, the Downs (f 9); 20 March 1779, St Helena (f 33); 21 April 1779, Table Bay, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope] (f 39v); 18 July 1779, Bombay (f 59); 13 August 1779, Tellicherry [Thalassery] (f 62); 27 August 1779, Madras [Chennai] (f 66); 19 September 1779, Calcutta [Kolkata] (f 71); 28 November 1779, Chochin [Kochi] ( f 83); 16 December 1779, Tellicherry (f 84); 20 December 1779, Bombay (f 87); 10 January 1780 Tellicherry (f 91); 2 March 1780, Bombay (f 99); 19 October 1780, Muscat (f 131); 17 November 1780, Bushire (f 137); 1 December 1780, Bussora [Basra] (f 160); 19 January 1781, Muscat (f 150); 4 February 1781, Bombay (f 154); 27 May 1781, Muscat (f 165); 28 July 1781, Bussora (f 172); 22 October 1781, Bombay (f 183); 14 February 1782, Muscat (f 184); 11 March 1782, Bushire (f 199); 15 March 1782, Bussora (f 200); 29 May 1782, Bombay (f 208); 20 June 1782, Madras (f 212); 25 August 1782, Bombay (f 223); 20 March 1783, Bussora (f 252); 31 March 1783, Bushire (f 256); 7 April 1783, Muscat (f 258); 18 April 1783, Bombay (f 260); 27 April 1783, Goa (f 261); 13 May 1783, Bombay (f 265); 18 August 1783, Tellicherry (f 272); 25 October 1783, Bombay (f 285); 29 February 1784, Table Bay, Bona Esperance (f 304); 30 March 1784, St Helena (f 309); 11 June 1784, Deptford (f 325).Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of volume one (ff 1-142). The foliation sequence continues in volume two, commencing at f 143 and terminating at f 332; volume two is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which only this shelfmark has been foliated. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover of or the leading flyleaves of volume two.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Nathaniel, kept by Benjamin Dennis (until his death on 30 December 1707). The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Sancta Hellenna [Saint Helena], Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], and Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra] (dates are those of arrival): 14 May 1705, Sancta Hellenna; 3 September 1705, Madrass; 22 November 1705, Bantall; 3 December 1705, Bencoolen; 19 January 1706, Sillabarr Bay [Silebar]; 16 February 1706, Bencoolen; 2 March 1706, Bantall; 17 May 1706, Madrass; 18 July 1706, Callicutta [Kolkata]; 27 January 1707, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 19 March 1707, Gombron [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 24 June 1707, Madrass; 30 July 1707, Polta Hugly River [Hooghly]; 27 November 1707, Madrass; 28 December 1707, Cuddalore; 28 March 1708, Cape [of Good Hope]; 4 September 1708, Texel; 28 October 1708, Deptford.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: Date, general remarks, H [Hour], K [Knots], K [Half-knots], Course, and Winds. The remarks column contains navigational data and notes on weather, land and ship sightings, employment of the crew, ship maintenance, and other miscellaneous information.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Nathaniel: Journal, Benjamin Dennis, Captain, 1702-04 (IOR/L/MAR/B/136A(1));
Nathaniel: Journal, Benjamin Dennis, Captain, 1704-08 (IOR/L/MAR/B/136(2));
Nathaniel: Journal, John Hunter, Chief Mate (IOR/L/MAR/B/136B).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 146; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Nathaniel, kept by Benjamin Dennis. The journal covers the ship's voyage from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] to Bombay [Mumbai] and England (dates are those of arrival): 6 November 1702, Gombroon; 5 December 1702, Bombay; 14 December 1702, Surratt [Surat]; 1 January 1703, Carwar [Karwar]; 19 January 1703, Bombay; 14 February 1703, Carwar; 25 February 1703, Tellycherry [Thalassery]; 26 April 1703, Maritious [Mauritius]; 16 September 1703, Cape; 17 October 1703, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 11 April 1704, Downs.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: Date, general remarks, H [Hour], K [Knots], K [Half-knots], Course, and Winds. The remarks column contains navigational data and notes on weather, land and ship sightings, employment of the crew, ship maintenance, and other miscellaneous information. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Nathaniel: Journal, Benjamin Dennis, Captain, 1702-04 (IOR/L/MAR/B/136A(1));
Nathaniel: Journal, Benjamin Dennis, Captain, 1704-08 (IOR/L/MAR/B/136(2));
Nathaniel: Journal, John Hunter, Chief Mate (IOR/L/MAR/B/136B).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 90; 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.The item includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 71-90, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: There is an original title on the front cover, but it is largely illegible.Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Nathanielfrom England to Mocha and Bombay, and back (Captain Jonathan Negus), 1714-16 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): 23 November 1714, leaves the Downs; 22 February 1715, Cape Good Hope [Cape of Good Hope]; 19 May 1715, Mocha; 28 September 1715, Bombay; 29 November 1715, Callicutt [Calicut]; 7 March 1716, Cape of Good Hope; 29 April 1716, St Helena; 20 August 1716, Deptford.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journall, Jona. Negus' (folio 2).The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: [Date], [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds, and [Remarks]. When the ship is in harbour, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information (described as the 'logg' [log]); weather; sightings of other vessels; notes of country ships; commodities traded (particularly coffee); the provisioning of the ship; and general remarks.Description of a massacre of twelve members of the ship's crew at Hawar, on the southern coast of Arabia, east of Aden, on 4 September 1715: folio 53.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 135; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 116-134, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship
Nassauis part of the Marine Department Records, Ships’ Journals. Inscribed: ‘This is my original Journal in my own hand writing Arthur Gore Witness J. Holland’. The logbook records the observations during the
Nassau’s voyage from England towards India/Bombay and China. It contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hours], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Wind and Weather. It also provides general navigational information, distance in miles, weather conditions, latitude and longitude.In England, the
Nassauanchored at Blackwall, Gravesend, the Downs, Portsmouth, Torbay, Causon Bay, and Plymouth. Sailing to India, the ship anchored at Rio Janeiro [Rio de Janeiro], Mozambique, and Bombay. Upon the Malabar Coast, the ship anchored at Rajahmondroog [Rajahmundry], Onore [Honavar], Gundapore [Kundapur], and Tellicherry [Thalassery]. The
Nassauthen sailed towards Anjango/Joanna [Anjouan/Johanna] on the Coast of Africa, and sailed back towards Bombay anchoring at Socotra Island on the way. From Bombay, the
Nassausailed towards Bengal, and Kedgeree [Khenjuri] and back to Bombay.From Bombay, the
Nassausailed towards the Coast of China, anchoring at St Johns Island [southwest of Macao], Macoa [Macao], and Whampoa [Pazhou] Island. From China, the
Nassaumade its way back to England via the North Island and St Helena.The logbook includes remarks on the incidents and activities on the ship and ashore. It also provides information about the number of seamen, soldiers and people employed on board the ship, captains and merchants encountered, and goods received on board including iron, wood, copper, salt, cotton, and bread.The logbook contains notes of sightings of other vessels including English, Dutch, French and Portuguese ships. Among the English ships mentioned are the
Talbot, the
Royal Henry,
Hertford,
Northumberland, the
Grand Fleet, the
West India Fleet, the
Gibralter[
Gibraltar], the
Minerva, the
Royal Bishop,
Nottinghamand the
Worcester.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 263; 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.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.