Documentation of a voyage between England, Calcutta, and Madras in 1789-1790, under Captain Thomas Foxall. Includes notes on course, distance, and position; weather observations; vessels sighted; and cargo loaded and unloaded.
Language:
English
Provenance:
Formerly owned by John Oakes (signature, f. 1r).; Sold by McBlain Books, 2003.
Codices; Ships' logs; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, European
Physical Description:
131 leaves : paper; 362 x 235 mm bound to 368 x 250 mm
Geographic Subject:
India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; India; Great Britain
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; A 755-ton Indiaman which made six trips between England and India. After the second trip, in 1789-1790, it was purchased by Robert Wigram, owner and builder of many Blackwall frigates.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 131; [1-131]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: After seven blank leaves, the first three pages are written freehand. The remaining pages are divided into upper and lower halves with a complex ruling in ink of six columns of various widths, each of 12 lines, in each half. Some additional rulings in pencil.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: Pencil sketch of "Island Ice" with the notation "Lat. 41.7 Long. 19.46" at back of book after regular log pages.; Binding: Contemporary parchment.; Origin: Written on board the General Goddard during a trip from England to Calcutta and Madras in 1789-1790.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 939
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