Streatham: Journal

Title:

Streatham: Journal

Date:

1751/1753

Description:

Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Streatham(referred to as 'Stretham' throughout) from England to Bombay and Mocha, and back (Captain Charles Mason), 21 March 1751-13 July 1753 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downes [Downs], 25 May 1751; 4 May 1751, the Cape [Cape of Good Hope]; 5 January 1752, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 3 February 1752, Mangalore [Mangaluru]; 23 February 1752, Bombay; 17 May 1752, Surat; 18 May 1752, Mocha; 11 September 1752, Bombay; 31 January 1753, Cape of Good Hope; 7 March 1753, St Helena; 14 June 1753, the Downs.Note that the date 11 September 1752 above (the date given in the record) is Old Style.Inscribed: 'Capt. Charles Mason. This is my Original Journal, Chas. Mason' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] July 13th. 1753 (folio 1).The journal adopts the New Style, 'agreeable to Act of Parliament', and adjusts the date, on 29 November 1752 (folio 100).The journal contains daily entries in seven unheaded columns: weather; hour; knots; fathoms; course; winds; and date and remarks. When the ship is at anchor, or near coast, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; contact with Company, and other British ships; contact with country ships; sightings of other vessels; punishments inflicted on crew members; commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha); and general remarks.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books: Streatham: Journal, 1747-49 (IOR/L/MAR/B/605G), and Streatham: Journal, 1751-53 (IOR/L/MAR/B/605H).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 153; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every 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
Ships logs
Streatham

Geographic region:

Mocha

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000179.0x00034d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000179.0x00034d_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/605H
IOR/L/MAR/B/605H

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