Hopewell: Journal
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Hopewell: Journal
- Date:
- 1641/1643
- Description:
- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Hopewellfrom England to the Coromandel Coast and Bantam [Bantem], 31 December 1641-7 June 1644, concluding at Silly Iland [Isles of Scilly].The dates of the entries (where indicated) are in the Old Style (i.e. the Julian calendar).The journal contains entries recorded nearly every day when the ship is on course; no entries are recorded when the ship is at anchor. There are no entries from 14 August 1642 until 1 December 1642. The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions, and descriptions of the places that the ship passes.Destinations on the ship's route include the following (dates are those of arrival): the Downs, 31 December 1641 (folio 4); Augusteine Bay [St Augustine's Bay], 16 May 1642 (folio 10); Johanna [Anjouan], 30 May 1642 (folio 11); Madras [Chennai], 5 July 1642 (folio 14); Massulapatam [Machilīpatnam], 22 July 1642 (folio 14); Ballezara [Balasore], 2 December 1642 (folio 16); Gumboroom [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 6 March 1642 [New Style date 6 March 1643] (folio 22); Dabull [Dabhol], 28 April 1643 (folio 23); Madras [Chennai], 19 May 1643 (folio 24); Massulapatam, 3 September 1643 (folio 24); Hippins Island [Panaitan Pulau, Bantem], 29 November 1643 (folio 27); Christmas Island, 24 December 1643 (folio 27); Soldany Bay, Cape Bona Speranza [Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good Hope], 11 February 1643 [New Style date 11 February 1644] (folio 28); St Hellena [Saint Helena], 3 March 1643 [New Style date 3 March 1644] (folio 28); Assension Iland [Ascension Island], 27 March 1644 (folio 29); Silly Iland [Isles of Scilly], 7 June 1644 (folio 31).Physical description: 1 item (30 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Hopewell
- Geographic region:
- Massulapatam
St Hellena
Bantam - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100114630178.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100114630178.0x000003_en
IOR/L/MAR/A/LXV, ff 4-33
IOR/L/MAR/A/LXV, ff 4-33