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Winterton : Journal [33v] (72/257)
The record is made up of 1 file (123 folios). It was created in 24 Jan 1788-9 Jul 1790. 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 East India Company ship Winterton by Captain George Dundas. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and its return to England, between 14 January 1788 and 9 July 1790.
The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c. [etcetera], and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and French ships, commodities carried, and other remarks.
The journal also includes:
- A list of the officers and crew on the Winterton , recording: names; stations (positions); place of entry; and whether they had run, had died or had been discharged (folios 2-3)
- A list of passengers from England and Bombay (folio 4).
At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is my original journal George Dundas. Witnesses W[illiam] Raincork'.
The entries record the ship's arrival at the following places: Blackwall, 21 January 1788 (folio 5); Portsmouth, 12 April 1788 (folio 11); Dunnose, Isle of Wight, 1 May 1788 (folio 12); St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 26 May 1788 (folio 19); Cape Lagullus [Cape Agulhas], 26 July 1788 (folio 34); Johanna [Anjouan], 14 August 1788 (folio 39); Bombay, 6 September 1788 (folio 44); Tillecherry [Thalassery], 6 December 1788 (folio 52); Bombay, 30 December 1788 (folio 55); Surat, 21 February 1789 (folio 58); Mocha, 23 April 1789 (folio 66); Bombay, 4 September 1789 (folio 76); Cape Comorin [Kanyakumari], 19 January 1790 (folio 86); Cape of Good Hope, 5 March 1790 (folio 97); St Helena, 18 March 1790 (folio 101); and the Downs, 3 June 1790 (folio 118).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (123 folios)
- Arrangement
The journal entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 123; 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/451C
- Title
- Winterton: Journal
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail , 1r:123v, i-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence