!['A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎42] (69/562)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023510961.0x000001/W 4137_0069.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎42] (69/562)")
'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [42] (69/562)
The record is made up of 1 volume (518 pages). It was created in 1866. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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C T O B E R, 1 -56.
2d. The latter part of the night it rained hard, and there fell -
The three following days were cloudy, with fome very flight
fhowers: when there fell only — — —
7th. Very fine weather, with land and fee breezes.
9th. We had what they call here an Elephanta, which is an
exceffive hard gale, with very fevere thunder, lightning
and rain, but it was of fhort continuance. In about four
hours, there fell — ■
th. In the morning fome thunder and lightning with rain —
16 > Cloudy, and fome flight fhowers. In thefe two days there
173 fell only — — —
Total —
Inche«,
2
G
Tenths.
O
22d. Now all is fine and clear, without a cloud to be feen, with regular land
and fea breezes j and fo will continue in general till the next Monfoon
time arrives.
There fell of rain water in May
June
July
Auguji
September
Ofiober
IViche*, Tenth**.
1
44
29
*9
11
4.
Total —
110
. f ew curiofities in the ifland of Bombay, which are worth mention
ing, are, a large Terapin kept at the governor's houfe, the age of which, ac
cording to the accounts given by the oldeft of the natives, is upwards of two-
n una red years. Frcgs, which abound every where throughout the Eaft India
territories, are remarkably large upon this ifland ^ I law one that mea-
U ^ e J w , en ^y~^ 0 | in ches from the extremities of the fore and hind feet when
' 6 rea ^ on t0 lu PP 0 fe, had the experiment been made,
c ^ature would have weighed four or five pounds.— On the fea^
founH T I 5 ! U '/ 6r L at variety of fhells are alfo to be
bv onr iL f y the r0rt wh,ch 15 fo curious ' anti was held in fuch elleem.
by our ladies fome years ago, called Vtntktraps or I have been
credibly
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A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.
Publication Details: London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.
Ownership: With stamps of the India Board and India Board Library.
There are numerous illustrations and two maps in the volume:
- a copy of a large folded map at the beginning of the volume, 'A Map of India together with a chart of the Indien Seas, to which the operations of Admiral Watson's Squadron were principally confined; and shewing the passages made by Commodore James from Madrass to Bombay in the years 1754 & 1755 ... By Thomas Kitchin, Hydrographer to his Majesty';
- a map of the route from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in Basra to Latakia, Syria, on the Mediterranean Coast 'Mr Ives's Route from Bassora to Latichea.
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- 1 volume (518 pages)
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There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references (pages viii-xi) and a 'Table of Coins and Monies' (page xii).
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 280 mm x 220 mm.
Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii); (1-506).
Condition: there is a large folded map, unfolding can be difficult withouth risk of tears.
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- W 4137
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- 'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1, 1a:1d, 2:12, 1:32, 32a:32b, 33:44, 44a:44b, 45:80, 80a:80b, 81:84, 84a:84b, 85:86, 86a:86b, 87:88, 88a:88b, 89:224, 224a:224b, 225:230, 230a:230b, 231:278, 278a:278b, 279:288, 288a:288b, 289:292, 292a:292b, 293:298, 298a:298b, 299:318, 318a:318b, 319:364, 364a:364b, 365:506, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- Ives, Edward
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