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49. Journal on Mary, Hartand Hopewell, Peter Andrews, mate/master
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- Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ships Mary, Hartand Hopewellby Peter Andrews, covering a voyage from Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope, also written in the journal as Cape Bone Sperance] to Surratt [Surat] and back to England between 20 July 1627 and 12 January 1629 [New Style date 12 January 1630] (Captain Malim, Hopewell; Captain John Hall, Mary, Captains Bartholomew Goodall and Richard Swanley, Hart).Peter Andrews changed ship twice during this voyage: he was on board the Marybetween 20 July 1627 and 5 July 1628 (folios 11-28), the Hartbetween 6 July 1628 and 7 October 1629 (folios 28-44) and the Hopewellbetween 9 October 1629 and 12 January 1630 (folios 44-47). The journal consists of mostly daily entries of information on the following: navigation; winds; weather; contact with other East India Company ships, contact with Portuguese ffriggatt [frigates] and ships; descriptions of the coasts seen during the ships' course; commodities carried; and other observations.The dates of the entries (where indicated) are in the Old Style (i.e. the Julian calendar).Inscription: 'A journal kept by me Peter Andrewes m[as]ters maite off the Mairy and then m[as]ter off the Hart till the discease off Capt: Andrew Eyers and then by consultation m[as]ter off the Hopewell ffrom the Island of S Hellena to England' (folio 10); 'By me Peter Andrew m[as]ter off the Hopewell '(folio 47).The ship's route includes the following destinations (dates given are approximately those of arrival): Cape Bona Esperance, July 1627 (folio 11); Mohillia [Moheli], 10 September 1627 (folio 15); Daman, 27 November 1627 (folio 19); Swally [Suvali], 13 January 1627 [New Style date 13 January 1628] (folio 20); Surratt, 18 January (folio 20); Dabull [Dabhol], 28 January (folio 20); Gundevee [Gandavi], January (folio 20); Surratt, February (folio 22); Goa, April 1628 (folio 23); Cocheene [Kochi], 15 April 1628 (folio 24); Mauritius, 30 May 1628 (folio 28); Augusteene Baye [Saint Augustine Bay], 5 July 1628 (folio 28); Mossanbique [Mozambique], 21 July 1628 (folio 29); Mohillia, 20 August 1628 (folio 30); Persia, January 1628 [New Style date January 1629] (folio 34); Mauritius, 26 July 1629; St Hellena [Saint Helena], October 1629 (folio 44); Plimoth [Plymouth], 18 December 1629; the Downs, 10 January 1629 [New Style date 10 January 1630].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 87; 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 48-85, which have not been digitised.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
50. Journal on Roebuckand Hart, Richard Swan
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyages of the East India Company ships Roebuckand Hartkept by Richard Swan, in a fleet commanded by Admiral Andrew Shilling.Folios 6-19 cover the voyage of the Roebuck, accompanied by East India Company ships Hart, Eagleand London, from England to Surratt [Surat, India], February 1619 [New Style date, 1620]-November 1620. Folio 17 contains a sketch map of the Mariala Isles or Laccadives [Lakshadweep].Folios 19-24 cover the voyage of the Roebuck, accompanied by the London, from Surratt to Jasques [Bander-e Jask, Iran], November-December 1620. At Jasques they were reunited with the Hartas part of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet of Defence. Folios 21-23 include descriptions of pitched battles against Portuguese ships on the 16-17 and 28 December. Folio 24 describes the death of Admiral Shilling from wounds received in the second battle, the appointment of Captain William Baffin as commander, and the transfer of Richard Swan from the Roebuckto the Hart.Folios 24-28 cover the voyage of the Hart, accompanied by the Roebuckand the London, from Jasques to Surratt, January-February 1620 [New Style date, 1621], and from Surratt to the Island of Mazera [Masirah, Oman], March-June 1621.Folios 29-30 cover the voyage of the Hart, accompanied by the London, from Mazera to Surratt, August-September 1621, calling at Soor [Sur, Oman]. At some point after Mazera the Roebuckparted company with the other ships.Folios 30-40 cover the voyage of the Hart, accompanied by the London, from Surratt to England, November 1621-June 1622.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.The margins contain several pencil annotations, presumed to have been added by someone within the India Office during the twentieth century.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 49; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
51. Journal kept on the Trades Increaseand Peppercornships by Thomas Love with notes on Downton's homeward voyage
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- Abstract: Part of a journal kept by Thomas Love on the sixth voyage of the East India Company. The journal covers the voyages of the East India Company ships Trades Increaseand Peppercornfrom the Downs to Mocha and back (Captains Sir Henry Middleton and Nicholas Downton respectively, 4 April 1610-19 November 1611).The journal covers the period 4 April 1610 to 4 December 1611, although there are no entries for the period between 13 July and the 9 October 1611. There are also some entries covering 1612-13.The journal consists of daily entries and monthly quadrants recording navigational information under the following column headings: latitude, longitude, distance run, the course, and variations and remarks.The journal features different handwriting and a possible signature by George Downton (f 15). It mentions that on 18 June 1610 Thomas Love transferred from the Peppercornto the Trades Increase(f 4). Also mentioned is the death of the chief merchant Mr Femall on 20 May 1611 (f 10), and encounters with Portuguese merchants (f 13). An entry on 26 February 1612 mentions the death of Thomas Love (author unknown).In addition, the journal includes a section entitled 'Definitions of mapps' [maps] (ff 17-18). The last few folios (ff 28-30) of the journal consist of drawings, annotations and calculations (ff 25-29). Finally, there are drawings depicting the coast of Moyella Island (West Africa) and Comory (f 24).The ship sailed to Cape de Verde Island, Saldhana Bay, the Bay of St Augustine, the Island of St Laurence, Socotra, Mocha, Pullopenjan, and St Helena.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 35; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
52. Journal: Discovery, David Davis
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Discoveryfrom England to Surat, Persia [Iran] and Java, (Captain Johnson), 1626-1629, (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated). The Discoverydeparted from the Downs on 16 April 1626 and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations: 30 July 1626, Johanna [Anjouan]; 15 October 1626, Bombay [Mumbai]; 24 October 1626, Saratt [Surat]; 18 January 1627, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; March, Saratt; 27 May 1627, Batavia [Jakarta]; October, Surat; 12 May 1628, Cape [of Good Hope]; 15 June 1628, St Helena; 25 October 1628, Downs.Daily entries for when the ship was in port and at anchor record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship; goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; members of the crew receiving corporal punishment; and deaths of members of the crew.The journal also records (folio 39) the Discoveryanchoring with East India Company ships the Mary, the Hartand the Starr.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 119; 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 pagination sequence.A previous foliation sequence, bottom right corner, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages ff 60-102, which have not been digitised.
53. Diary and Consultations of Mr John Horne, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1731 and ending July 1732
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- Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 121-171), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, John Horne, and the Factory Council members, including William Cordeaux, Edward Clift, and John Geekie, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters received and sent, as well as visits to and from the Factory.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:News of peace being concluded between the Persians and the Muscauites [Muscovites]News of Hassan Ally Caun Mayor Bashee [Hasan Ali Khan Mu’ayyir Bashi] attacking the Turkish frontiersNews of the revolt of Shaikh Ahmed Madannah [Ahmad Madani]The arrival of wool from Carmania [Kerman]The appointment of Nathaniel Whitewell to serve at the Council of BombayNews of Arabs and Aphgoons [Afghans] campaigning against the Factory and the PersiansReports that Mahmud Caun Balloach [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluyah] has joined the Beglerbeggy [Beglerbegi/ Beylerbeyi is Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Shyrash [Shiraz] to campaign against the ArabsNews of peace being concluded between the Persians and the Turks [Ottomans]A letter received from Jonathan Winder and William Follie of a ship called the Queen CarolineThe arrival of letters from the Hoalley [the Hawala/Huwala Arabs?] and from the Imaum's Vackeel [the Imam's wakil, or representative]An exchange of letters between the Factory and various Persian notables, and an exchange of letters between the Factory members at Gombroon and Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune] with the Council at BombayAn exchange of visits between the Factory's Agent and Mirza Ishmael the Shanobunder of Gombroon [Mirza Ismail, the Shahbandar of Bandar-e ʻAbbās], between the Agent and Meer Meer Ally [Mir Mehr ‘Ali, Deputy Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas], and between the Agent and the Dutch Chief.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Britannia, the Prince of Wales Galley, the Robert Galley, the Queen Carolineand the Fame. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Mocha, Surat, Bussarah [Basra], and the Mallabar Coast.The diary also includes records of certain individuals who are either merchants or Persian officials, including the following: Mirza Mahmut Naib of Afseen [Mirza Mahmud, Governor of Afseen]; Mirza Ishmael Shano from Afseen [Mirza Ismail Khan]; and Maahmud Ally Beg [Muhammad ‘Ali Beg], former Shahbandar of Gombroon.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.Physical description: The diary includes a cover page, and a table of contents. The diary is numbered 1-92, which corresponds to folios 121-169. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
54. Diary and Consultations of Mr John Horne, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1732 and ending July 1733
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- Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 173-215), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, John Horne, and the Factory Council members, including John Geekie, Edward Clift and Nathaniel Whitewell, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters sent and received, as well as visits to and from the Factory.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:The news of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan, future Nadir Shah Afshar] trying to make peace with the Turks [Ottomans]The arrival of the wool caphila [caravans] from Carmenia [Kerman]The dispatching of books and consultations for delivery to the Council at BombayThe appointment of William Cockell as the new Chief Agent at the Gombroon FactoryThe appointment of John Geekie to replace William Cockell as Chief Agent at Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune]The arrival of William Cordeux from CarmeniaThe arrival of Walter Ray from SpahaunThomas Caun appointing Mahmud Ally Caun [Turkmen, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan] as his Ambassador to IndiaThe rebellion of the people on the Gulf coast and the Haviza Arabs [Huwayza Arabs of Khuzistan] against the PersiansJames Barker's command of the military at GombroonAphgoons [Afghans] and Arabs marching against the PersiansMahmud Caun Balloch [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluya], the Caun of Shyrsh [Khan of Shiraz], and Meer Meer Ally [Mir Mehr ‘Ali, Deputy Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas] marching against the Soonees [Sunni Muslims] and the Afghans and taking their General, Curdash Caun [Qardash Khan], as prisonerThomas Caun marching against the Turks to lay siege to Bagdatt [Baghdad]Consul Cox at Alleppo [Aleppo] advising Thomas Caun on the movements of the Turkish [Ottoman] forcesThe Factory requesting from Thomas Caun the renewal of its former grants and privileges in as full extent as were granted by any of the previous Kings [Shahs] of Persia.The diary includes records of letters exchanged mainly between the Factory at Gombroon and those at Spahaun, Bussarah [Basra], and Bombay, as well as letters to and from Persian notables and merchants. It also includes records of visits exchanged between the Factory employees and certain Persian notables and merchants, as well as the Dutch Chief.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Britannia, the Swallow, the Fame, the Charles, the Monmouth, and Dutch ships the Jacoband Caster and Pollux. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Surat, and Bussarah.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.Physical description: The diary includes a table of contents (ff 213-215) at the end of it. The table of contents records certain events and their page order in the diary. The diary itself has been numbered 1-77 which correspond to folios 173-211. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
55. ‘The Ship Prince Augustus Journal Cap.nThomas Ryves Com’andrEmploy’d in the Service of the Right HonourbleUnited East India Company and bound on a Voyage for Moha in Arabia – Kept by William Wells’
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- Abstract: This volume consists of a journal (log book) recording the second voyage of the East India Company ship Prince Augustus(the Captain of which was Thomas Ryves until his death, after which William Jobson became Captain on 1 October 1723) to Mocha and Bombay, kept by the Chief Mate, William Wells. The journal entries are dated 1 August 1722 to 18 April 1725.It records the ship sailing from the Down Channell [the Downs Channel] on 26 November 1722, having been moored at Deptford and Gravesend prior to the Downs. The entries then record the ship being moored or anchored in the following places: Table Bay (28 March to 5 April 1723); Moha [Mocha] (3 June to 23 August 1723); Bombay (18 September to 14 November 1723); Surrat [Surat] (18 November to 6 December 1723); Bombay (9 to 17 December 1723); Mocha (7 January 1723 [New Style date 7 January 1724] to 15 July 1724); Bombay (2 to 17 August 1724); Carwar [Karwar] (23 August to 9 September 1724); Tellecherry [Thalassery] (15 to 19 September 1724); Cocheen [Cochin or Kochi] (21 to 24 September 1724); Table Bay (1 to 16 December 1724); and St Hellena [St Helena] (1 to 5 January 1725). The ship arrived at Plymouth on 30 March 1725, and went into the Wet Dock at Blackwall on 18 May 1725, which is the last daily entry in the journal.Daily entries for when the ship was at sea consist of tables recording the following: hours (H); knots (K); fathoms (F); courses; winds; weather; and other comments. These other comments mostly relate to the following: the weather; the position and course of the ship (including navigational measurements); sightings of other ships; and actions performed by the crew.Daily entries for when the ship was moored or at anchor consist of comments, mainly relating to the following: the weather; goods and provisions received and stowed on board the ship; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; and goods and chests of treasure unloaded from the ship and taken ashore.The journal also includes: sailing instructions to aid the Prince Augustusand the Barringtonin keeping in company with each other (folio 6 verso to folio 8 recto); a list of crew members who sailed from England on board the Prince Augustus(folio 13 recto); a list of crew members who had run away from the ship (folio 164 recto); a list of the crew members and passengers who returned to England on the ship (folio 164 verso); a list of crew members who had died on board the ship (folio 165 recto); and a list of crew members who had been discharged from the ship (folio 165 recto).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 169; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.