Kidd, John, fl1769 (First Mate, East India Company)
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Journal of voyage to Bombay, 1769
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/158
Scope and Contents
'Abstract of a Jurnal in the "Prince of Wales" from England to Bombay by Mr John Kidd, Chief Meat, in the Hon'ble East India Company Service - In the year 1769; Long'd computed by Mr Lock's Methoud.' This summarised account of a voyage of the East Indiaman 'Prince of Wales', travelling from England to Bombay, was compiled by Robert Bishop, based on the journal of First Mate, John Kidd. Entries are daily and run from 27 March until 14 June 1769 (when the ship anchored at Rio de...
Dates:
1769
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