Falcon: Journal

Title:

Falcon: Journal

Date:

1625/1626

Description:

Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Falconfrom England to Surat and Bantam (Captain Francis Pinder/Nicholas Norbury). The Falcondeparted from the Downs in March 1625 and the journal covers the ship's visits to a number of destinations including the following (dates are those of arrival): 2 August 1625, Saint Lawrence [Madagascar]; 16 August 1625, Johhana [Anjouan]; 19 November 1625, Surat; 13 December 1625, Gombroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 6 June 1626, Cape Bona Sperance [Cape of Good Hope]; 5 July 1626, Saint Helena; October 1626, Surat.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in six columns: Month, Knots, Fathoms, Course, Winds, Variation with six days to view on the verso folio with notes corresponding to those six days on the recto folio. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.The entries are dated according to the Julian calendar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 72; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 58-70, which have not been digitised.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships logs
Marine navigation
Trade (practice)
Weather
Royal James
Falcon

Geographic region:

Gombroone
Saint Helena
Surat

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001cc_ar
81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001cc_en
IOR/L/MAR/A/XLII
IOR/L/MAR/A/XLII

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