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85. Walpole: Journal, William Fearne, Second Mate
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Walpolefrom Table Bay towards Bengall [Bengal], 1730-33, (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated). The ship departed from Table Bay in March 1731 and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations: 20 May 1731, Madras; 22 July 1731, Fort William [Calcutta, i.e. Kolkata]; 15 February 1731/2, Cochin [Kochi]; 23 March 1731/2, Mocha; 8 April 1732, Judda [Jeddah]; 14 July 1732, Mocha; towards Madras; 26 August 1732, Madras; towards Bengall; Fort William; 2 January 1732/3, Madras.At the front of the journal (folio 4) is the inscription: 'This is my original Jurnal of the Ship Walpole. Received 13 September 1733.'Folios 5-7 consists of daily entries in two columns. The first column contains the date and some navigational data, the second contains remarks on the wind, weather, courses, distances covered, sightings of other ships, and sightings of land. Some more general remarks are sometimes given.The log book (ff 8-116) contains daily entries in seven columns: latitude/distance from port, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Date and Remarks]; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only.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 141; 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 118-140, which have not been digitised. The file contains one foliation anomaly, missing folio 77.
86. Winterton: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship Wintertonby Captain George Dundas. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and its return to England, between 14 January 1788 and 9 July 1790.The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c. [etcetera], 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 and French ships, commodities carried, and other remarks.The journal also includes:A list of the officers and crew on the Winterton, recording: names; stations (positions); place of entry; and whether they had run, had died or had been discharged (folios 2-3)A list of passengers from England and Bombay (folio 4).At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is my original journal George Dundas. Witnesses W[illiam] Raincork'.The entries record the ship's arrival at the following places: Blackwall, 21 January 1788 (folio 5); Portsmouth, 12 April 1788 (folio 11); Dunnose, Isle of Wight, 1 May 1788 (folio 12); St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 26 May 1788 (folio 19); Cape Lagullus [Cape Agulhas], 26 July 1788 (folio 34); Johanna [Anjouan], 14 August 1788 (folio 39); Bombay, 6 September 1788 (folio 44); Tillecherry [Thalassery], 6 December 1788 (folio 52); Bombay, 30 December 1788 (folio 55); Surat, 21 February 1789 (folio 58); Mocha, 23 April 1789 (folio 66); Bombay, 4 September 1789 (folio 76); Cape Comorin [Kanyakumari], 19 January 1790 (folio 86); Cape of Good Hope, 5 March 1790 (folio 97); St Helena, 18 March 1790 (folio 101); and the Downs, 3 June 1790 (folio 118).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 123; 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.
87. York: Journal
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- Abstract: The journal of a voyage to the East Indies on board the ship Yorkby Captain Peter Lascelles. The journal contains:The ‘List of Officers & Seamen on board the ship York from England to the East Indies 1760’ (ff 2-4)The ‘Names [and] Quality [of] Passengers’ (f 4)The Members of ‘Coll: Moriss’ Rejiment [sic]’ and of ‘Col: Parslows Rejim:t’ (ff 4-6)Names of ‘Women belonging to the Military’ (f 6)The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (13 March 1760), the Downs (18 April 1760), Spithead (24 April 1760), the Lizard (10 May 1760), Island of Palma [La Palma] (30 May 1760), Island of Ferro [El Hierro] (1 June 1760) and Parnambucca [Pernambuco] (10 July 1760)The daily entries for the voyage from Parnambucca to Bay of All Saints (26 July 1760), Island of St Paul’s [Île Saint-Paul] (24 October 1760), Dundra Head [Dondra Head] (5 December 1760), Point de Galle (6 December 1760), Columbo [Colombo] (9 December 1760), Cape Comorin [Kanyakumari] (11 December 1760), Quilone [Kollam] (12 December 1760), Ansangor [Anchuthengu] (13 December 1760), Cochin [Kochi] (19 December 1760), Callicut [Kozhikode] (26 December 1760), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (27 December 1760), Pigeon Island [Netrani Island] (4 January 1761), Vingorla [Vengurla] Rocks (5 January 1761) and Bombay [Mumbai] (12 January 1761)List of officers and seamen on board the Yorkat leaving Bombay (ff 78-80)List of lascars aboard the York(f 80)List of passengers from Bombay (f 81)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Surat (23 February 1761), Socatra [Socotra] (17 April 1761), Cape Gardafui [Cape Guardafui] (19 April 1761), Mount Felix (20 April 1761), Babelmandel Island [Jazirat Mayyun] (24 April 1761) and Mocha (25 April 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Babelmandel Island (23 July 1761), Mount Aden (25 July 1761), Mount Felix (27 July 1761) and Bombay (5 August 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Domus tree [Dumas] (23 August 1761), Basseen [Vasai] (18 September 1761), Cape Comorine (28 September 1761), Julius Nave (1 October 1761), Ballasore [Balasore] (16 October 1761) and Ingelie [Hijili] (25 October 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Ingelie to Barabulla (24 December 1761), Point Palmiras (26 December 1761), Dunderhead [Dondra Head] (8 January 1762), Point de Gaul [Galle] (10 January 1762), Ansangor (16 January 1762), Cochin (21 January 1762), Callicut (23 January 1762), Tellicherry (24 January 1762), Cannannore [Kannur] (26 January 1762), Cape Ramas (6 February 1762), Vingorla Rocks (9 February 1762) and Bombay (18 February 1762)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Tellicherry (22 April 1762), Cochin (4 May 1762), Quilone [Kollam] (8 May 1762), Cape Comorine (9 May 1762), Cape Legullas [Cape Agulhas] (5 July 1762), St Helena (2 August 1762), Rame Head (4 October 1762), Margate (30 November 1762) and Northfleet Hope (8 December 1762).Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 195; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.