Documents including directions for Walker's compass;"list of vessels which James Kingston is agent for wherein the squadron shares (15 Jan 1794)"; hints for examination of neutral ships; routine of week duty; directions for going into Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica; signals etc.

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Documents including directions for Walker's compass;"list of vessels which James Kingston is agent for wherein the squadron shares (15 Jan 1794)"; hints for examination of neutral ships; routine of week duty; directions for going into Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica; signals etc.

Enclosures from PLT/73/1. Includes: directions for Walker's compass;"list of vessels which James Kingston is agent for wherein the squadron shares (15 Jan 1794)"; hints for examination of neutral ships; routine of week duty; directions for going into Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica; signals etc.

Related Material the <a href="http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-PLT-00073-00002/1">Board of Longitude Digital Archive</a> for a digitised copy of the directions for Walker's Meridional and Azimuth Compass.

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Record Details

Item reference:	PLT/73/2; MS1982/188
Catalogue Section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Date made:	circa 1794
Creator:	Platt, John
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Hierarchy

Platt, John, Lieutenant, Fl. 1780-1840. (Manuscript) (PLT)
- Manuscript (PLT/73)
  - Undated notebook covering sailing directions for Port Royal Harbour; latitudes of the Islands and Continent from Jamaica to the Bay of Honduras; list of men sent on board of prizes, 27th Mar 1793, sketch of ship; calculations and rules for working out longitudes and latitudes, 1785, 1789. (Manuscript) (PLT/73/1)
  - Documents including directions for Walker's compass;"list of vessels which James Kingston is agent for wherein the squadron shares (15 Jan 1794)"; hints for examination of neutral ships; routine of week duty; directions for going into Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica; signals etc. (Manuscript) (PLT/73/2)