Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Cardigan, kept by Captain Richard Grainger. The journal covers the ship’s voyage to Culcutta [Kolkata], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas], and Madras [Chennai] (all dates are those of arrival): 17 January 1713, Downes [Downs]; 15 May 1713, Table Bay, Cape; 29 July 1713, Ballasore [Baleshwar]; 11 August 1713, Rogues River; 19 October 1713, Culcutta; 2 March 1714, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 1 May 1714, Gombroon; 18 August 1714, Madras; 28 September 1714, Ballasore; 10 October 1714, Rogues River; 6 January 1715, Cox’s Island; 19 February 1715, Madras; 26 February 1715, Fort St David; 5 March 1715, Madras; 22 March 1715, Fort St David; 31 March 1715, Madras; 29 October 1715, Cape; 12 December 1715, St Hellena [St Helena]; 24 April 1716, Woolwich. Near the front of the journal (folio 3) is the inscription: ‘This is my Originall Journall, Richard Grainger, Received the 24th May 1716’ The journal consists of daily entries in two columns. The first column contains navigational data and the second column contains notes on winds, weather, land bearings, distances, ship maintenance and riggings, names of the deceased, ship sightings, additional navigational data, and some more general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only. At times entries include columns on Clock (time of day) and Depth (in fathoms).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 112; 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 95-111, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the voyages of the
Discoveryand the
Londonkept by William Speare between 1633 and 1637.Folios 5-92 cover the following voyages of the
Discovery(Captain William Morris):England to Surratt [Surat, India], March-November 1633, via St Lawrence [Madagascar], Comoros and Comorone [Bandar Abbas, Iran]Surratt to Comorone and back, January-April 1634Surratt to Massipitan [Machilipatnam, India], April-September 1634, via Morisheus [Mauritius], St Lawrence and ComorosMassipitan to Comorone, December 1634-March 1635Comorone to Bumbee [Bombay, India], April-May 1635Bumbee to Syndie [Karachi, Pakistan], September-November 1635, via SurrattSyndie to Surratt, January-March 1636, via Comorone.Folios 93-132 cover the following voyages of the
London(Captain Matthew Wills):Surratt to Massipitan, May-June 1636, via Gorre [Goa, India]Massipitan to Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia], August-October 1636Bantam to England, January-July 1637.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.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 155; 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 133-153, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the
Discoveryfrom England to Surratt [Surat], and Persia (Captain William Morris, Master Richard Monk), 1633-37: 23 July 1633, Bay of St Augustine; 12 August 1633, Commorowe [Comoros]; 19 September 1633, Commoroone [Bandar Abbas]; 7 November 1633, Sarat [Surat]; 28 February 1634, Cumborroone [Bandar Abbas]; 8 April 1634, Surat; 20 June 1634, Maurrisshes [Mauritius]; 8 September 1634, Meslupotane [Masulipatam]; 1 February 1635, Honnor [Onore]; 28 March 1635, Gumborroune [Bandar Abbas]; 2 May 1635, Bomebay [Bombay]; 2 October 1635, Deman [Daman]; 20 October 1635, Surat; 4 February 1636, Gumberronn [Bandar Abbas]; 17 March 1636, Surat; 11 July 1636, Morriusses [Mauritius]; 26 September 1636, S Ellena [St Helena]; 21 January 1637, the Dowens [Downs].The
Discoverywas at Gombroon (various spellings) [Bandar Abbas] in September 1633, February 1634, March 1635, and February 1636.Inscribed on front cover: 'March 1632/33 Palsgrave, Discovery, Reformation, Comfort' (these were the four ships that comprised the fleet on the outward voyage of the
Discovery).The volume commences as the Journal of the
Palsgrave, kept by Richard Forder, Master's Mate aboard the
Palsgrave, from 7 March to 9 April 1633 (folios 1-11). However, following the death of one of the Master's Mates aboard the
Discovery, Forder left the
Palsgraveat the request of her Captain, and went aboard the
Discovery. Thereafter the volume comprises the Journal of the
Discovery, from 10 April 1633 to 31 January 1637 (folios 11-119). Note in margin: 'A Journall kept by mee Richard ffoorder [...] ship Discovery' (folio 11).The Journal contains daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, the provisioning of the ship, and general remarks. The volume also contains monthly tables of navigational data.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 127; 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 a pagination sequence.
Abstract: This volume consists of the journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship
London(the commander of which was Captain Matthew Wills) from England to Sirratt [Surat] and back to England, recorded by the Master’s Mate James Birkdell. The entries are dated 12 March 1639 to 17 July 1640.Birkdell records the ship setting sail from Tilbury for the Downes [Downs] on 12 March 1636, and its arrival in the Downs on 15 March. Following the ship’s departure from the Downs on 25 March 1639, the entries record the ship anchoring in the following places: St Lawrence [St Augustine’s Bay, Madagascar] (7 to 17 July 1639); Johanna [Anjouan] (30 July to 16 August 1639); Swalley [Suvali, Surat] (16 to 24 September 1639); Gomeroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (11 to 24 November 1639); Swalley Hole (16 December 1639 to 29 January 1639 [New Style date 29 January 1640]); and St Hellena [Saint Helena] (21 to 29 April 1640). The ship then anchored in the Downs on 8 July 1640, before sailing from the Downs and anchoring at Eiriffe [Erith] on 17 July 1640.Each page of the journal is divided into five columns: days (of the month); latitude; longitude; variation; and remarks. Entries for when the ship was at sea include measurements of latitude, longitude, and variation, and remarks mostly relating to: wind direction and weather conditions, the course of the ship, and sightings and bearings of land.The journal does not include daily entries for every day the
Londonwas at anchor, it mostly just records the ship’s arrival at and departure from ports. However, entries for when the ship was at St Lawrence and St Helena include remarks about the arrival and departure of other ships on days when the
Londonwas at anchor in those places.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 62; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the
Charlesfrom England to Saratt [Surat], April-October 1629, from Saratt to Comoroone [Bandar Abbas] and back, December 1629-March 1630, and from Saratt to England, April 1630-April 1631 (Captain John Weddell). The return journey included visits to Morisios [Mauritius], June 1630, St Lawrence [Madagascar], July-October 1630, and Santalenia [St Helena], December 1630-January 1631.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations. The
Charlesset off from England in a convoy with four other ships, the
Discovery,
Reformation,
Londonand
Samuell, but soon parted company with them.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 22; 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The journal of the ship
Admiral Watsonby Captain William Cooke. The journal contains:'The list of ship Admiral Watson's Company', including soldiers and Indo-Portuguese lascars (ff 2-4)The daily entries for the voyage from Rotherhithe to Deptford (11 January 1758), Gravesend (27 February 1758), Spithead (28 April 1758), The Lizard (21 May 1758), Island of Trinidada [Ilha da Trindade] (18 July 1758), the coast of Africa (30 August 1758), St Augustine's Bay [Helodrano Ianantsony, Madagascar] (7 September 1758), Johanna [Anjouan] (16 September 1758), the coast of Africa (27 September 1758), the coast of Arabia (24 October 1758), the coast of Persia [Iran] (5 November 1758) and Gombaroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (19 November 1758)The daily entries for the voyage from Gombaroon to Cape Jasques [Cape Jask] (10 January 1759) and Bombay [Mumbai] (24 January 1759)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Point de Galle (21 April 1759), Cape Lagullas [Cape Agulhas] (7 July 1759), St Helena (30 July 1759), Ascention [Ascension] (14 August 1759), Brava [Ilha Brava] (28 August 1759), the English Channel (5 October 1759), the Downs (12 October 1759), Deptford (22 October 1759) and the Custom House (6 November 1759).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: Weather Conditions, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and Week Day, Date and Observations. 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.At the front of the journal is the inscription: 'This is my original Journal, Wm [William] Cooke'. The journal was received on 7 November 1759.Physical description: The foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 122; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Orford, kept by Captain Philip Jodrell. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] and Bombay [Mumbai], calling at the following places (all dates given are those of arrival): 12 January 1748, Gravesend; 20 February 1748, Downs; 25 February 1748, Spithead; 11 July 1748, Johanna [Anjouan]; 18 August 1748, Gombroon; 12 October 1748, Bombay; 4 December 1748, Tillicherry [Thalassery]; 15 December 1748, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 8 May 1749, St Hellena [St Helena]; 10 August 1749, Deptford.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: H [Hours], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and a general remarks column. The general remarks include the date and notes on winds, weather, sea conditions, employment of crew, rigging, ship maintenance, courses, distances, supplies, land bearings, ship sightings, flora and fauna, and some navigational data.Captain Jodrell has inscribed and signed the journal (folio 2).The entry for 23 July 1748 contains a long description of an attempted mutiny on board the ship (folio 44).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 188; 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 123-183, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: A journal (log book) of the second voyage of the East India Company ship
Ilchester, recorded by the Captain of the ship John Tedd. The daily entries are dated 30 December 1749 to 7 October 1751.The journal includes the following inscriptions (on folio 1): ‘This is my Original Journal John Tedd’, ‘Witness Tho[mas] Reading’, and ‘Rec[eive]d 9th. Oct[obe]r. 1751’.The journal entries begin when the ship was at Deptford, and subsequently record the ship’s arrival at, and departure from, the following places (both Old Style and New Style dates are given in the journal): Morandava [Morondava], Madagascar (21 to 29 July 1750); Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] (3 September to 10 October 1750); Bombay [Mumbai] (24 November to 17 December 1750); Tillicherry [Thalassery] (27 January to 13 February 1750/51); Anjengo [Anchuthengu] (18 February to 3 March 1750/51); St Helena (19 to 30 June 1751). The ship arrived in the Downes [Downs] on 9 September 1751, after which it was at Woolwich, before it returned to Deptford.Daily entries for when the ship was in port mostly record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and stores received on board the ship; actions performed by members of the crew; goods and chests of treasure unloaded from the ship and sent ashore; and the arrival and departure of other ships.Daily entries for when the ship was at sea consist of tables recording the following: remarks, hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, wind directions, comments on the weather, and other information. The other information mainly relates to the following: wind and other weather conditions and sea conditions; sightings and bearings of land; actions performed by members of the crew; and measurements of the course of the ship, distance, and latitude and longitude. The entries also record scurvy amongst the crew.The journal also includes a loose folio (folio 2) inserted into it, which is an invoice ‘For Bringing up the Godolphin. Cap[tain] Stevens Commander from Woolwich to Blackwall’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 119; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Eagle from England to Surat and Bantam and back (Captain John Johnson), 27 March 1624-7 April 1626. The Eagle departed from the Downes [Downs] on 28 March 1624, and returned to England in early April 1626, arriving at Silly [Isles of Scilly] on 7 April 1626. The journal covers the ship's visits during the voyage, including the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 17 July 1624, Capa bona Sperantia [Cape of Good Hope]; 10 October 1624, Surrat [Surat]; 6 November 1624, Debull [Dabhol]; 19 November 1624, Surrat; 23 December 1624, Gombroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; in action against the Portuguese, February 1624 [New Style date February 1625] 7 March 1624 [New Style date 7 March 1625], Surrat.There appears to be a gap in the entries between 25 September and 24 November 1625.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 95; 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 46-89, which have not been digitised.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship the
Williamby George Marriatt, covering its voyage from England to Suratt [Surat] and Bantam [Banten] and back between 1 March 1629/30 and 6 August 1633 (Captain Matthew Wills).The journal consists of daily entries of information on the following: navigation; winds; weather; contact with other East India Company ships, such as the
Blessing; contact with Duch [Dutch] ships and French crew; descriptions of the coasts seen during the ship's course; general observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. The entries include mentions of confrontations with other ships (folios 5, 19, 20, 27, and 46).The dates of the entries (where indicated) are in the Old Style (i.e. the Julian calendar).The ship's route is as follows (dates given are those of arrival): 15 March 1629/30, the Downs (f 5); 20 May 1630, Trinidado [Trinidade] (f 8); 21 June 1630, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope] (f 9); 14 July 1630, Augustine Bay [St Augustine's Bay] (f 11); 7 August 1630, Iohana [Johanna/Anjouan] (f 12); 14 October 1630, Swally [Suvali], Suratt (f 14); 7 February 1630/31, Comorrom [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, also written in the journal as Comorome] (f 17); 5 April 1631, Swally, Suratt (f 18); 23 May 1631, Polacat [Pulicat, also written in the journal as Poolacat and Pollacatt] (f 19); 23 August 1631, Iohana (f 24); 14 October 1631, Swally, Suratt (f 28); 26 February 1631/32, Comorrom (f 29); 8 April 1632, Swally, Suratt (f 32); 1 August 1632, Bantam (f 39); 12 October 1632, Iambee [Jambi] (f 40); 14 January 1632/33, Bantam (f 42); 15 April 1633, Cape (f 46); 17 May 1633, St Alena [St Helena] (f 47); 3 August 1633, the Downs (f 52).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 58; 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.
Abstract: The volume that contains this Journal has the title: 'Benjamin's Journall Jno. Bronne Comd. to Surt. & Bombay. Begun 13th. Octobr. 1694. Ended 27th. Jany. 1697/8. Do. 2nd. Voya. to ffort St. George begun 26th. October 1698. Ended 30th. Septr. 1700.'Journal of the voyage of the
Benjaminfrom St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde] towards Surratt [Surat], and back to England (Captain John Brown), 1694-1698. The
Benjaminwas at Gombroone [Bandar Abbas] from 11 to 22 February 1696.There are some notes and figures at the front of the volume (folio 4), and at the end of the volume (second last folio before back cover), which may relate to this Journal.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, contact with English ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general remarksThe record is part of a volume containing two separate log books:
Benjamin: Journal, 1694-98 (folios 3-75, IOR/L/MAR/A/XCVII ff.3-75); and
Benjamin: Journal, 1698-1700 (folios 78-124, IOR/L/MAR/A/XCVII ff.78-124)..Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 3, and terminates at f 75, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the
Royal Georgefrom England to Madras, Bombay, and China (Captain Charles Besley [Besly] Gribble), 1807-09. The
Royal Georgewas at Muscat from 19 to 25 February 1808, and at Gamberoon [Bandar Abbas] from 29 February to 8 March 1808.Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journal. Charles B. Gribble. Commander' (folio 1).The Journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The Journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships, commodities carried, and general remarks.The Journal includes a list of the ship's officers and seamen, giving the capacity in which they served, and the circumstances of their death/manner of leaving the ship's service (folios 2-3); a list of troops belonging to HM 14th Regiment of Foot, who were embarked on board the
Royal Georgeat Portsmouth on 19 June 1807, including names of the women and children who accompanied them (folios 4-8); and a list of passengers (folio 8).The Journal also includes the following lists on folios 129-133: a list of a detachment of HM 30th Regiment of Foot, received on board the
Royal Georgeat Madras, 10 November 1807; a list of a detachment of HM 36th Regiment of Foot and artillery received on board the
Royal Georgeat Bombay, 2 February 1809; a list of seamen received from HM ship
Psycheat Bombay, 2 February 1808; and further lists of seamen and lascars, circa 1808-09.Account of a fatal shooting aboard the ship, involving an officer of the 14th Regiment of Foot: folio 40.The record is part of a volume containing four separate log books:
Royal George: Journal, 1804-06 (IOR/L/MAR/B/17K);
Royal George: Journal, 1807-09 (folios 1-133, IOR/L/MAR/B/17L);
Royal George: Journal, 1810-11 (IOR/L/MAR/B/17M); and
Royal George: Journal, 1811-13 (IOR/L/MAR/B/17N).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 133; 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.