In June 1796 a 17-year old Anglo-Irish youth, Jonathan Henry
Lovett, was appointed a junior clerk with the British East India
Company. With Britain at war with France, Lovett sailed from
England to India aboard the East Indiaman Malabar. It took the ship
seven months to reach Bombay, where Lovett disembarked in January
1797. Lovett kept a journal during the voyage in which he recorded
his observations of seabirds, fish, and marine life seen from the
quarterdeck of the Malabar. During a stopover at the Cape of Good
Hope he described its rugged mountains, exotic wildlife, its Dutch
and native inhabitants, British military encampments, and ships
coming and going. Originally written in two volumes recently
discovered in libraries 7,000 miles apart, the complete Jonathan
Lovett journal comes together here for the first time in living
memory. Excerpts from the Malabar's logbook and detailed maps add
additional detail to this tale of travel by sea in the days of the
East Indiamen.
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