The record is made up of 1 item (57 folios). It was created in 9 Sep 1724-9 Jan 1726. 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 Drake from England to Mocha, Yemen, November 1724-May 1725, from Mocha to Bombay [Mumbai, India], August 1725, from Bombay to Anjanga [Anchuthengu, India] and back, September-December 1725, and from Bombay to Surat, India, January 1725 [New Style date 1726] (Captain William Westerbane).
The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations. Some of the entries written in port include details of the loading and unloading of cargo and provisions.
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- 1 item (57 folios)
- Arrangement
The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the item.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 57; 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/578B
- Title
- Drake: Journal
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, 1r:57v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence