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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of the Ship Recorder Bound to the Cape of Good Hope with Emigrants |
| Author | Williamson, Dr William |
| Date | 11 Dec 1845 - 8 May 1846 |
| Document Type | Shipping Papers |
| Reference | CO 48/262 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Cape of Good Hope Colony (Cape Colony), Original Correspondence |
| Description | Consists of two medical journals, written on board the 'Recorder' emigrant ship bound for the Cape of Good Hope and Algoa Bay, South Africa. There are tables included at the back of each giving numerical data on the amount of passengers on board at date of embarkation, deaths and births on board ship and the number of passengers landed at Algoa and Table Bay. |
| Series Description | This series consists of original correspondence relating to Cape of Good Hope, later Cape Colony. Included are reports and papers of the Commissioners of Eastern Inquiry, 1825 to 1834. |
| Biographical Note / History | After some dispute as to ownership of the Cape of Good Hope between colonial powers, the territory was recaptured by the British in 1806 and formally became a British colony in 1814. In 1910 Cape Colony became a province of the New Union of South Africa. |
| Theme(s) | Journey Conditions; Ships and Shipping Lines |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | South Africa |
| Places | Algoa Bay, Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Ports | Cape of Good Hope, South Africa |
| Nationality | English; European |
| Ships | Recorder |
| Keywords | surgeon, shipping, medical treatment, health and sickness, administration, medical examination, emigration, emigrant, shipping, food, family, women, children, regulations, tea, shipping inspection, vaccination, hospital, provisions, journey conditions, passenger, unmarried, weather, wine, women, climate, animals, accommodation, demographics, passenger list, death, birth, disease, diarrhoea, medicine, seasickness, venereal disease, miscarriage, colic |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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