Discovery: Journal

Title:

Discovery: Journal

Date:

1626/1628

Description:

Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Discoveryfrom England to Surat, Persia [Iran] and Java (Captain John Vian), 7 April 1626 to 14 November 1628. The Discoverydeparted from the Downs on 16 April 1626, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of the arrival, and both Old Style and New Style dates are given): 30 July 1626, Johanna [Anjouan]; 15 October 1626, Bombay [Mumbai]; 24 October 1626, Suratt [Surat]; 18 January 1626/7, Gomoroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; March 1626/7, Surratt; 27 May 1627, Battavia [Jakarta]; October 1627, Surratt; 12 May 1628, Cape [of Good Hope]; 15 June 1628, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 25 October 1628, Downs.The Journal consists of daily entries covering navigational information, winds, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and English men-of-war, sightings of other vessels, deaths of crewmembers, commodities carried, and general remarks.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 69; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.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
Weather
Trade (practice)
Marine navigation
Discovery

Geographic region:

Gomoroone
Suratt

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001cd_ar
81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001cd_en
IOR/L/MAR/A/XLIII
IOR/L/MAR/A/XLIII

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