Journal kept by William Lens Aldous on the East India ship COUTTS, to China and back, 1814 to 1815

Journal of William Lens Aldous in the East India ship COUTTS, to China and back, 18 February 1814 to 19 August 1815; roughly bound with some loose watercolour and pencil sketches. Some loose pages and a cut out of an official East India Company logbook on 10 and 11 April 1814.

COUTTS reached Penang on 15 August, Malacca on 15 September, and Lintin on 22 October arriving at Whampoa on 10 December. Homeward bound, COUTTS crossed the Second Bar on 22 January 1815, reached St Helena on 13 May, and arrived at Long Reach on 24 August.

Object Details

ID: LOG/C/86
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Aldous, William Lens
Date made: 1814-02-18 - 1815-08-19
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 volume
Parts: Merchant Shipping: Logs - East India Company. (Manuscript)