Europa : Journal
IOR/L/MAR/B/425E
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The record is made up of 1 file (193 folios). It was created in 28 Feb 1782-8 Aug 1785. 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 voyage of the East India Company ship Europa from England to Bombay, and back (Captain William Applegath), 28 February 1782-6 August 1785 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Motherbank [off Portsmouth], 11 September 1782; 26 November 1782, Bay of All Saints; 16 April 1783, Madrass [Madras]; 21 October 1783, Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 12 November 1783, Bombay; 11 March 1784, Muscat; 5 April 1784, Bushier [Bushire]; 29 May 1784, Bussora [Basra]; 17 July 1784, Bushire; 30 August 1784, Muscat; 12 September 1784, Bombay; 7 April 1785, St Helena; 2 May 1785, Ascention [Ascension Island]; 7 July 1785, the Downs.
The journal was compiled by Charles Gardyne [ Chief Mate The sailor subordinate to the Captain. ].
Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, Chas. Gardyne' (folio 2), and 'This is the continuation of my original Journal, Chas. Gardyne' (folio 189).
Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 13 July 1785 (folio 2, referring to folios 3-187, entries for 28 February 1782-10 July 1785), and 'Recd. 8th. Augt. 1785' (folio 188, referring to folios 188-189, entries for 11 July-6 August 1785).
The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks], and periodic navigational readings at the foot of the columns. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, and maintenance of the ship; details of other British ships with which the Europa sailed in convoy; contact with other Company, and His Majesty's ships; the transport of Hanoverian troops; references to private trade; deaths of crew members; deaths, and the outbreak of scurvy amongst the soldiers (folio 61); and commodities carried (e.g. saltpetre and pepper from Bombay).
Report of the death of Captain Applegath, and the appointment of Gardyne as his successor: folio 169.
The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Europa : Journal, William Applegath, Captain, 1776-78 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425D); Europa : Journal, 1782-85 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425E); and Europa : Journal, Augustus Joseph Applegath, Captain, 1785-87 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425F).
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- 1 file (193 folios)
- Arrangement
The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 193; 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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- English in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/L/MAR/B/425E
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- 28 Feb 1782-8 Aug 1785 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/MAR/B/425E
- Title
- Europa: Journal
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, 1r:193v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
