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Protector : Journal [‎front ] (1/252)

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The record is made up of 1 file (119 folios). It was created in 23 Nov 1751-28 Sep 1753. 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 Protector from England to Bombay (Captain Francis Cheyne), 1751-53. The Protector was at Mocha from 17 May to 23 August 1753. There is no indication of who kept the Journal.

Inscribed: 'Presented to the East India Company by Captn. Richard Peirce 1782' (folio 1).

The Journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The Journal records navigational information, contact with British ships, sightings of other vessels, the provisioning of the ship, commodities carried, and general remarks.

The file includes a muster roll of the ship's crew on 31 December 1752, on folios 2-3. Note of an accident aboard the ship, involving one of the guns: folio 68.

The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books: Protector : Journal, 1751-53 (folios 1-119, IOR/L/MAR/B/110A); and Protector : Deck Log, 1830-31 (IOR/L/MAR/B/110B).

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1 file (119 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 119; 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 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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