[Z] A LOG FOR THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY SHIP 'CHARLES MILLS', 1811-12

A LOG FOR THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY SHIP CHARLES MILLS, 1811-12

comprising approx. 158 pages of a voyage to Bombay by Madeira in the H.C.S. Charles Mills, her maiden voyage in the years 1811 & 1812, folio, contemporary half calf, marbled boards -- 14 x 8in. (33.5 x 20.5cm.)

The Charles Mills, launched at Chester in 1810, was an East Indiaman that completed two voyages for the British East India Company before trading independently between London and India under an East India Company license after the Company lost its monopoly in 1813. Commanded by Captain George Raincock, she made successful round trips to Bombay in 1811–12 (described in the present manuscript journal) and 1813–14, calling at ports such as Madeira, St Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, and Ceylon. Despite her earlier safe service, the ship foundered on 20 May 1822, with the loss of most of those on board.

Condition Report

Marginal brown stain throughout, into text; spine and boards rather rubbed.

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