Journal of voyages kept by midshipman Robert Ritchie, entitled 'Voyages to India and other parts ... 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814 and 1815'.
Scope and Contents
The journal is complete only to 18 June 1812, breaking off in the middle of an entry recounting the crossing of the Equator. Two voyages are described. The first, to the Baltic in H.M.S. Nightingale, illustrates life in the Royal Navy, with crowded conditions and overbearing officers. Robert Ritchie, having decided to leave the Royal Navy, joined the East India Company and after an extensive stay in London sailed for India on the Lord Keith. The remainder of the journal describes a portion of this journey from Portsmouth to Madeira and the tropics.
Dates
- Creation: 1811-1812.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
86 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
iii + 83 + blank folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1965.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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