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Princess Amelia : Journal [2v] (15/237)
The record is made up of 1 file (113 folios). It was created in 14 Sep 1724-25 Jul 1727. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Journal of the East India Company ship, Princess Amelia , kept by Captain John Misenor. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Batavia [Jakarta], Macoy [Macau], Mocha, and Bombay [Mumbai] (dates are those of arrival): 7 March 1725, Batavia; 11 April 1725, Borneo; 3 August 1725, Amoy [Xiamen]; 28 September 1725, Macoy (Whampoa Anchorage); 3 March 1726, Tellicherry [Thalassery, India]; 21 April 1726, Mocha; 28 August 1726, Bombay; 22 September 1726, Tellicherry; 23 December 1726, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope]; 6 February 1727, St Helena; 3 April 1727, Barbadoes [Barbados] (unplanned due to disrepair of the ship); 2 July 1727, Deptford.
At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This Is my Originall Journall', signed by John Misenor, 25 July 1727.
The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: Month, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and some navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes include observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.
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- 1 file (113 folios)
- Arrangement
The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 113; 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/MAR/B/36C
- Title
- Princess Amelia: Journal
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:113v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence