Karachi, Pakistan

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  • Karachi was reputedly founded as "Kolachi" by Baloch tribes from Balochistan and Makran, who established a small fishing community in the area. In the modern era, the City has had many spellings including Kurrachee, Currachee. The city was conquered by the east India Company in 1839.

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James C. Peters Fonds

  • L1382-L1393
  • Fonds
  • 1857-1866

Fonds consists of log books and journals of voyages between Liverpool and Bombay (now called Mumbai) in the 1850s and 1860s, commanded by James C. Peters. L1382 – Log book from the ship Sarah of Liverpool, James C. Peters, Master, on the voyage f...

Peters, Captain James Carter