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Nassau : Journal [back-i] (192/192)
The record is made up of 1 volume (93 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1694-3 Mar 1696. 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 Nassau from England to Persia, Bombay, and Suratt [Surat], and back (Captain John Lloyd), 1694-1696. The Nassau was at Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] from 30 January to 11 February 1695.
The volume is inscribed with the single word 'John' on folio 4.
The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, contact with English ships, sightings of other vessels, commodities carried (especially when the ship was lying at Gombroon, folios 45-48), deaths of crewmembers, and general remarks.
The Journal employs astrological symbols to indicate the days of the week.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (93 folios)
- Arrangement
The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; 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. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 75-93, which have not been digitised.
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- IOR/L/MAR/A/XCVI
- Title
- Nassau: Journal
- Pages
- front-a, front-a-i, front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 3r:93v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence