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D1881 - Coke family of Brookhill, Pinxton - [16th-20th cent]
- Box - Box listed records
  - L4 - Box L4 - 1763-1964

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1881/Box/L4/2
Title	South Africa Journal of William Sacheverell Coke
Date	1828-1834
Description	Farm accounts while in South Africa, journal while in South Africa, calculations for latitude and longitude, ms verse, ms recipes for polish, varnish, paints etc., small sketches drawn in South Africa interrupted by a "measure of the new foundation at Carnfield - Pinxton Colliery, J. Coke Esq." - in the front cover "William Colliery, J Coke Esq." in the front cover William Coke, Tigerbay, South Africa 1831. Towards the back are ships logs of 'Eliza' (Captain Weddel) from Gravesend to Cape of Good Hope; 'The Curler' (Captain Boyd) to Isle of Wight; 'Wanstead' from Van Diemens Land to England, 'Charles Kerr' (Captain Brodie) from Gravesend to the Cape and Schooner 'Falcon' (Captain Burnell) from the Cape to Ireland. At back, notes about sailing, knots, and diagrams of rigging.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Coke family of Brookhill, Pinxton
Term	Ships logs
	Ships
	Seagoing vessels
	Travel abroad
	Diaries
	Ocean travel
	Travel
	British Empire
	Colonialism
	Sailing ships

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Place (click for further details)	Type
South Africa

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