Logbook of the East India Ship ESSEX kept by Jeremiah Sparrow.
The first pages have a crew list of the voyage including four that ran, seven that died and one that changed to become a soldier also included is a list titled Quarter Bill Ship Essex; at the back is corrections for Altitudes, to find the longitude and question and answer section, to find the latitude by the moon and an account of the Latitude and Longitude of different shoals in the China Sea.
Administrative / biographical background
ESSEX was launched in 1780, principle managing owner Henry Boulton and Commander John Strover in 1788-1789.
Administrative / biographical background
ESSEX was launched in 1780, principle managing owner Henry Boulton and Commander John Strover in 1788-1789.
Record Details
| Item reference: | LOG/C/83; MSS/82/051 MS1982/051 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | volume |
| Date made: | 1788-05-12 - 1789-08-03; 1789-01-01 - ? |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Logbook probably kept by Jones Collins, midshipman, EARL BALCARRAS, of a voyage from England to China and back. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/1)
- Logbook kept by Jones Collins, midshipman, GEORGE FOURTH, of a voyage to Bengal, China and back. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/2)
- Log kept on the East India Company ship DUTTON, 1791 (Manuscript) (LOG/C/3)
- Logbook kept possibly by Commander J Pearse, EDGECOTE, for a voyage to Madras and Bombay. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/4)
- Logbook possibly kept by George Jackson, master, ESSEX, for a voyage to Madras, China and back. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/5)
- Logbooks kept by T A Gib, purser, WILLIAM FAIRLEE, 1829-1831, and SIR DAVID SCOTT, 1825-1829 and 1831-1833, for voyages from England to Bengal, China and back. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/6)
- Logbook kept by Frederick Alexander, midshipman, BROXBORNEBURY, for a voyage to China and back. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/7)
- Logbook kept by Frederick Alexander, midshipman, BROXBORNEBURY, for a voyage to Madras and Calcutta. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/8)
- Logbook kept by George Davey, DUNIRA, for a voyage to Bombay and China. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/9)
- Logbook kept by William Kershaw, CUFFNELLS, for a voyage to India and China and back. (Manuscript) (LOG/C/12)
- Number not used - No record exists for this reference (Manuscript) (LOG/C/13)
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