Fort St George: Journal

Title:

Fort St George: Journal

Date:

1743/1746

Description:

Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Fort St Georgefrom England to Bombay and back (Captain John Acton), 20 December 1743-25 August 1746 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Gravesend, 18 February 1744; left the Downs, 8 March 1744; left Spithead, 28 May 1744; 25 September 1744, Cape of Good Hope; 16 January 1745, Anjengo; 23 January 1745, Cochin [Kochi]; 25 March 1745, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 11 May 1745, Bombay; 23 October 1745, Goa; 6 November 1745, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 30 November 1745, Cochin; 4 December 1745, Anjengo; 23 February 1746, Cape of Good Hope; 10 June 1746, Gallway [Galway]; 26 July 1746, the Downs.Inscribed: 'This is My Original Journall, 25. Aug. 1746. John Acton' (folio 3).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Augt. [August] 1746' (folio 3).The following note has also been added at a later date on folio 1: 'The Fort St. George I believe'.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; details of the other ships with which the Fort St Georgesailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; deaths of crew members; commodities carried (especially wool from Bandar Abbas, and pepper); and general remarks.The record is part of a volume containing five separate log books and other records: Fort St George: Journal, John Acton, Captain, 1740-42 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632A); Fort St George: Journal, 1743-46 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632B); Fort St George: Journal, Robert Brown, Chief Mate, 1747-48 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632C); Fort St George: Imprest Book, c. 1702 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632D); and Fort St George: Receipt Book, c. 1722 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632E).1 file (165 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 165; 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 side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships
Ships logs
Pepper (Spice)
Wool trade
Marine navigation
Weather
Trade (practice)

Geographic region:

Gombroon

Extent:

1 file (165 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000146_ar
81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000146_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/632B

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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