The Records of James Browne (MSS 948)

This collection consists of two cyphering and navigation books, dated 1743. The first, dated from January to February 1742/3, is a primer of Geometry and Trigonometry, which also contains lessons in Plain Sailing and Mercators Sailing. The second volume, dating from February 1742/3 to April 1743, is lessons in Mercator’s Sailing, Latitude, and Traverse Sailing, and ends with the day to day journal of his voyage to the island of Barbados in 1742/3.

The voyages James made from 1747 to 1750 are recorded in the Log Books of Hope, Dolphin, Smithfield, and Freelove, kept by James Browne. It is located in MSS 828, Ship’s Logs Collection, at the RIHS.

See also Captain James Browne Records, MSS 309