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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
Places
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Type
South Africa
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