Godolphin:Journal

Title:

Godolphin:Journal

Date:

1759/1763

Description:

Abstract: The journal of the ship Godolphinby Collingwood Roddam, Second Mate. The journal contains:The daily entries for the voyage from Blackwall to Gravesend (26 March 1759), the Downs (21 April 1759), Portsmouth (24 April 1759), La Palma (17 May 1759), Cap Lagulias [Cape Agulhas] (31 July 1759), Mohilla [Mohéli] (27 August 1759), Comero [Comoros] (31 August 1759), and Bombay [Mumbai] (26 September 1759)The entries for the voyage from Bombay to Muscatt [Muscat] (28 January 1760) and Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (February 1760)The entries for the voyage from Gombroon to Muscatt (7 April 1760) and Bombay (17 April 1760)The entries for the voyage from Bombay to Tillichery [Thalassery] (24 May 1760), Point de Galle (2 June 1760), Pullicatt [Pulicat] (12 June 1760) and Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai] (17 June 1760)The entries for the voyage from Madrass to Barrabulla (23 July 1760), Kedgeree [Khejuri] (26 July 1760) and Culpee [Kulpi] (28 July 1760)The entries for the voyage from Bengal to Madrass (13 February 1761), Socattra [Socotra] (28 March 1761), Babelmandel Island [Jazirat Mayyun] (2 April 1761) and Al-Mocha (3 April 1761)The entries for the voyage from Al-Mocha to Jblazcker Island [Jabal Zuqar] (28 April 1761) and Judda [Jeddah] (8 May 1761)The entries for the voyage from Judda to Jblazcker Island (16 August 1761), Mocha (17 August 1761) and Bombay (8 September 1761)The entries for the voyage from Bombay to Tillicherry (25 November 1761), Cape Commerene [Kanniyākumāri] (3 December 1761), Point de Galle (7 December 1761), Massulapatam [Machilipatnam] (21 January 1762) and Keedgeree [Khejuri] (20 February 1762)The entries for the voyage from Bengal to St Helena (15 February 1763), Plymouth Sound (10 June 1763), the Downs (3 July 1763), and Blackwall (17 July 1763).The daily entries by Roddam record that the 'Imaum (or King)' of Oman [Sultan Ahmad bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id] was honoured with an eleven-gun salute on his visit to, and departure from the Godolphinwhile the ship was anchored at Muscat on 3 February 1759 (folio 48). Roddam also mentions transporting the new Governor, Henry Vansittart, to his post at Bengal, where Vansittart was met by East India Company councillors aboard a yacht and conveyed to Fort William on 25 July 1760 (folio 67).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds, and Transactions, Week Day and Calendar Date. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes on the sightings of other vessels, and other observations made during the course of the voyages. It also notes the presence of Bengal merchants, Bombay merchants, and Armenian merchants at ports between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.Physical description: The foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 193; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships logs
Godolphin
East India Company Factory

Geographic region:

Muscatt
Gombroon
Socattra

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0002c8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0002c8_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/594I-J
IOR/L/MAR/B/594I-J

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