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'A Book of Drafts with Remarks, with Lattitude, Longitude of Places, of the Variation of the Compass, of Sands Shoals Soundings....' [etc]

Written by Archibald Hamilton, 'late master's mate of his Majesty's ship St Ann'; English manuscript, navigational details mainly Mediterranean and West Indies, 1763. The title page also indicates he was in HM ship 'Surprise' on a voyage from England to Madeira in 1750.

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Object Details

ID:	NVP/11
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1763-01-01 - ?; 1763
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Navigation: Practice (Manuscript) Sailing direction for the Mediterranean. (Manuscript) (NVP/1) Description of Hadley's Quadrant and the principles involved in its construction. (Manuscript) (NVP/2) Sailing directions, compiled from various authors covering all quarters of the globe. (Manuscript) (NVP/3) Sailing directions for the Mediterranean. (Manuscript) (NVP/4) Sailing directions, general, probably compiled by C.V. Penrose. (Manuscript) (NVP/5) Sailing directions for the Channel and The Mediterranean. (Manuscript) (NVP/6) A Nautical Description of the Line of Coast from the Nore to Orfordness. (Manuscript) (NVP/7) Navigation notebook of Lieutenant Robert Scott of the ship DAVID SCOTT, East India Company. (Manuscript) (NVP/8) Notes on voyages with some navigational details. Compiler unknown. (Manuscript) (NVP/9) 'A Book of Drafts with Remarks, with Lattitude, Longitude of Places, of the Variation of the Compass, of Sands Shoals Soundings....' [etc] (Manuscript) (NVP/11) Manuscript charts of anchorages in the Mediterranean and some watercolour sketches, circa 1804. (Manuscript) (NVP/12) Record of temperature readings for 1780-83. (Manuscript) (NVP/13) Sketch book of Mediterranean landfalls. (Manuscript) (NVP/14) Journal en forme de Borthlan de la campagne des galeres au voyage d'Alger en l'annee. (Manuscript) (NVP/15) Navigational workbook of Staff-Commander Henry A. Moriarty kept in the ships RETRIBUTION, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, AGAMEMNON, ROYAL ALBERT, MARLBOROUGH, GREAT EASTERN. (Manuscript) (NVP/16) Note and sketch book by R.W. Whish, Indian Navy. (Manuscript) (NVP/17) Instructions for the East Indies with useful observations. (Manuscript) (NVP/18) Sketchbook containing views of the Mediterranean, 1805-24 and sailing directions. Signed by Captain Charles Mantagu Walker. (Manuscript) (NVP/19) Sailing directions mainly for Eastern Seas, ca.1815, by Captain Robert Williams, East India Company. (Manuscript) (NVP/20) Sailing directions: 'Remarks on the Passage through the Gulf of Florida' and 'Remarks on Cumberland Harbour'. (Manuscript) (NVP/21) 'Observations for Latitude', 1874, probably kept on board HMS NASSAU. (Manuscript) (NVP/22) Navigation workings book kept by Ralph Baker, senior captain of the British India Steam Navigation Company, on board various BI ships. (Manuscript) (NVP/23) Sailing directions and instructions, "The North Sea Pilot", 1853 by John Bailey Thorpe. (Manuscript) (NVP/24) A scratch navigational work book kept by Henry Edward Cheeseman. (Manuscript) (NVP/25/1) Identification card with photograph, issued by US Dept. of Labour. (Manuscript) (NVP/25/2)