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Other Countries / Re: East India Company Captains - or a Free Mariner on a "Country" ship?
« on: Monday 16 October 17 23:47 BST (UK) »
Country ship is the term applied to the ships that traded in the East Indies - they picked up goods and took them to entrepots where the EIC purchased them. They were restricted from sailing directly to England. The captains were known as free mariners as they had no connection with the EIC.
If you think he was a captain in the East Indies Company then check out Google Books for A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Honorable the United East India Company, from the Year 1760 to 1819, with an Appendix: Containing a Variety of Particulars and Useful Information, Interesting to Those Concerned with East India Commerce by Hardy. These are free to download and give the names of the commander, a few of the mates and purser.
If you think he was a captain in the East Indies Company then check out Google Books for A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Honorable the United East India Company, from the Year 1760 to 1819, with an Appendix: Containing a Variety of Particulars and Useful Information, Interesting to Those Concerned with East India Commerce by Hardy. These are free to download and give the names of the commander, a few of the mates and purser.