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Compton : Journal [62v] (131/208)
The record is made up of 1 volume (101 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1722-9 Apr 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 Compton from England to Bombay [Mumbai] (Captain William Mawson). The Compton departed from the Downs on 1 April 1723, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 23 August 1723, Bombay; 17 October 1723, Carwar [Karwar]; 26 October 1723, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 3 November 1723, Cocheen [Kochi]; 13 November 1723, Anjango [Anchuthenguu]; 5 December 1723, Cocheen; 10 December 1723, Callicut [Kozhikode]; 12 December 1723, Tellicherry; 16 January 1724, Bombay; 15 February 1724, Surat; 4 Apr 1724, Bombay; 18 June 1724, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 12 August 1724, Bussora [Basra]; 28 November 1724, Gombroon; 7 January 1725, Surat; 10 February 1725, Bombay; 23 March 1725, Goa; 8 April 1725, Tellicherry; 10 May 1725, Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai]; 11 November 1725, Cape Good Hope [Cape of Good Hope]; 26 December 1725, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 19 January 1726, Ascention [Ascension]; 9 April 1726, Woolwich.
The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks. A crew list is given on folio 7.
The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (101 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 101; 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 90-100, which have not been digitised.
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- IOR/L/MAR/B/666A
- Title
- Compton: Journal
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 6ar:6av, 6r:100v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence