Travel Diaries and Journals

Travel Diaries and Journals

Pages That Mention Margate Roads

James Adam diary: 1857-1863 (Ms. Codex 1948)

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==Channel. on bd. ship "Ivanhoe''==

rounding the N. Foreland. blowing stiff. steamer a long way astern. Can see the feilds shorn on shore. Shorthening sail now & hauling on the wind. Anchored in Margate Roads about 6. a boat sailing party passed under the Stern. Mrs. R. Mrs. W. the Capt. I & the children all sitting talking with the town of Margate in sight turned in between 9 & 10

Tuesday August 2nd. 1859.

Got under weigh about 7 this Mg. Woke by the men singing up the Anchor more cheerily than usual. Steamer took us in tow we moved along very slowly passed the goodwin sands a great number of Col[l]iers about Ships at Ball Practice of[f] Sheerness entered London River about 2

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Month	Day	Lat	Long	Notes
		Lat	Long
July	4	34 25 N	39. 58.W.
	5	34 41.N	37. 50.W.
	6	36 10.N	39. 3.W.
	7	36. 38 N	38. 55.W.
	8	36. 41 N	38. 31 W
	9	36. 49 N.	38. 29.W
	10	37. 26.N	37. 56 W
	11	38. 53 N.	36. 26 W.	114 Miles
	12	39. 25 N.	35. 18 W.
	13	39. 32 N.	33. 57.W.
	14	39. 32 N.	35. 9.W.
	15	40. 26.N .	33. 42 W.
	16	40. 50.N.	34. 20 W
	17	40. 50 N.	34. 16 W.
	18	41. 1.N.	33. 8.W.
	19	41. 39 N.	31. 33.W.
	20	42. 15.N.	29. 24 W.
	21	41. 56 N.	27. 11 W.	DR. [Dead Reckoning]
	22	43. 30 N.	25. 4 W.	DR
	23	44. 10.N.	22. 42 W.	DR.
	24	42. 4 N.	20. 17 W.	Obs.[Observation]
	25	45. 51 N.	17. 01.W.	DR.
	26	45. 30 N.	14. 39.W	Obs.
	27	46. 56 N.	13. 16 W.	Obs.
	28	47. 26 N.	11. 59 W.	D Act.
	29	48. 01 N.	10. 5 W.	Obs.
	30	48. 41 N.	7. 59 W.	Obs. Channel
	31	49. 57 N.	3. 22.W.	Obs. Channel
Augt.	1	Downs.		Anchored in Margate Roads
"	2.	Anchored in Gravesend.

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