Caesar: Journal

Title:

Caesar: Journal

Date:

1720/1722

Description:

Abstract: The journal of the ship Casar[Caesar] by Captain William Mabbott. The journal contains:The daily entries for the voyage from the River Thames to Margate (10 November 1720), the Downs (13 November 1720), Grand Cannares [Gran Canaria] (23 December 1720), Trinadada [Trinidade] (27 January 1721), Penguin Island (4 March 1721), St Lawrance [Madagascar] (9 April 1721), Cape Gardufoy [Cape Guardafui] (27 April 1721), Eadan [Aden] (3 May 1721), Bablemandel [Bab-el-Mandeb] (6 May 1721), and Mocha (12 May 1721)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to the Island Bablemandel [Jazirat Mayyun] (19 July 1721), Fort Bassen [Fort Vasai] (3 August 1721) and Bombay [Mumbai] (4 August 1721)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Carrinja [Kāranja], Mangulor [Mangaluru] (1 September 1721); Tullicherry [Thalassery] (2 September 1721); Anjanga [Anchuthengu] (6 September 1721); Cape Bone Esprance [Cape of Good Hope] (13 November 1721); Green Point (14 November 1721); Table Land (2 December 1721); St Helena (16 December 1721); Island of Ascencion [Ascension Island] (1 January 1722); Dover Castle (24 February 1722); and Tilbury Fort (3 March 1722).The journal contains daily entries in two columns: one for Week Days and Dates (excluding the Year), and another for 'Remarkable Observations and Accidents on Board the Ship'.At the front of the journal is the inscription: 'This being my Originall Journall ... W. Mabbott ... Rec:d 3d Aprill 1722'.Physical description: The foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 43; 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. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 31-43, which have not been digitised.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships logs
Shipwrecks
Dutch East India Company
Addison

Geographic region:

Mocha
Bablemandel
Eadan

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001478.0x000194_ar
81055/vdc_100000001478.0x000194_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/235A
IOR/L/MAR/B/235A

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