Abstract: Fragment Journal of part of a journey on the third voyage of the East India Company on the
Hectorfrom Dellisha [Qalansiyah], a port town on the north coast of Socotra, to Surett [Surat], under Captain William Hawkins.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information including preparation of the course in England, course, wind, watercourse, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor or sailing near shore, the entries consist of 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 6; 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
Blessingfrom England to Surett [Surat], and back, 16 March 1629 [New Style date 16 March 1630] to 30 April 1633. The journal contains daily entries with date and annotations in the margin.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the ballasting, supplying, and provisioning of the ship; the maintenance of the ship; transport of East India Company officers and soldiers; details of the other ships with which the
Blessingsailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of country ships and other vessels; occasional remarks on encounters with birds, fish, and other marine animals; commodities carried; private trade; deaths of crewmembers; 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 97; 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 86-95, which have not been digitised.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Royal Jamesby Richard Monck from England to Surratt [Surat, also written in the journal as Surrat], and back to England between 27 March 1624 and 12 October 1626 (Captains John Weddell and Richard Swanley). The journal employs Old Style (Julian) dates only.The journal consists of tables of entries recording navigational information under the following column headings: dayes [days], course, leagues, departures, longitude, E or W, variations wendes [winds] and in addition general remarks. The journal mentions contact with other East India Company ships (i.e.
Blessing, William), contact with Dutch East India Company ships, and contact with Duch [Dutch] fleet and Portuguese fleet. It also mentions carried goods. The entries contain some drawings of faces on folio 14. In addition, the journal contains consultations on the
Royal Jamestaken during 1624 (folios 38-51).The journal mentions the fact that from Surratt the ship went to Gombroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, also written in the journal as Gumborone, Gambroon, Gombroone, and Comorund], where Commander John Weddell joined a Hollande [Dutch] fleet to fight the Portuguese fleet. The entry gives a brief account of the battle, which lasted for several days, and mentions the total number of deaths and injuries in the English fleet (folios 7-10).The ship's route is as follows (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): Downs, 27 March 1624 (folio 2); Cape of Good Hope, 17 July 1624 (folio 4); St Larrince [St Lawrence, i.e. Madagascar], 21 August 1624 (folio 4); Mohelia [Moheli, Comoros], 31 August 1624 (folio 4); Surratt, 12 October 1624 (folio 6); Land of Persia, 21 December 1624 (folio 8); Gombroone , 28 December 1624 (folio 9); Java, 5 June 1625 (folio 13); Bantum [Bantem], 6 August 1625 (folio 16); Gombroone, 18 November 1625 (folio 16); Swally [Suvali], 12 April 1626 (folio 18); Cape [Cape of Good Hope], 8 July 1626 (folio 21); Santta Lena [Saint Helena], 6 August 1626 (folio 21).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 52; 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.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 23-36, which have not been digitised
Abstract: These volumes contain various documents relating to different voyages, mostly East India Company voyages.There is a list of contents of the volumes on folios 4-5 of the first volume, signed by W Foster, presumably William Foster, Registrar and Superintendent of Records at the India Office, dated 20 March 1896.The documents consist of the following:Estimates for a trading venture to 'the parts about Cumina' [probably Cumana in Venezuela], and a related memorandum, 19 June 1606 (folios 6-9)An invoice or cargason prepared by Thomas Stevens of money and goods loaded on the ships
Dragon,
Hector, and
Consentof the Third Voyage, 4 March 1606 (folios 10-14)A copy of instructions to factors [agents of the East India Company] and a commission to Sir Henry Middleton for the Sixth Voyage, with the ships
Trades Increase,
Peppercorn, and
Darling, c 1609 (folios 15-28)Instructions for the First Joint Stock Voyage, with the ships
Hectorand
New Year's Gift, under Nicholas Downton, 1614 (folios 29-53)Particulars of the goods taken in the
Swanby the Dutch at Banda, 20 January 1617/18 (both Old Style and New Style dates are given) (folios 54-55)A list of goods from two prize ships taken by the
Expeditionand delivered to Mr Thomas Kearidge, Agent at Surratt [Surat], 15 February 1618/19 (folios 56-58)A letter from James Baggs regarding provisions supplied to the
Lyon[
Lion], 16 October 1620 (folios 59-61)A record of consultations held in a joint Dutch and English fleet during a cruise under Robert Adams, 28 December 1620 to 10 September 1621 (folios 62-69)A letter from George Kempe, a factor in the outgoing fleet, to the Company, regarding money expended to him and other matters, 29 May 1621 (folios 70-72)An account of expenses of an unnamed ship, 1626-29 (folios 73-80)A cover sheet for the Purser’s book for the
Star, 1629 (folio 81)A record of consultations held on board the
Star, 18 September 1629 to 23 March 1631 [New Style date 23 March 1632] (folios 82-104)A copy of a commission from King Charles I to Captain Richard Quaile of
HMS Seahorsefor sailing to the East Indies, 19 March 1629 [New Style date 19 March 1630] (folios 106-107)A bill of lading for goods on the
Charles, New Joint Stock, bound for London, dated Surratt, 12 April 1630 (folios 104 and 115)A list of cargo of the
Charles, bound for England, taken in at Suratt, 1630 (folios 116-117)A bill of lading of the
Palsgravefrom London to Surratt, 25 March 1633 (folios 118-120)A book of consultations of the
Royall Marie[
Royal Mary], 4 March 1635 [New Style date 4 March 1636] to 12 November 1639 (folios 121-144)A bill of lading of the
Mary(also spelled
Marie) from Surat to London, 4 January 1638 [New Style Date 4 January 1939] (folios 145-147)Copies of the following documents: letters left at Augustin Bay [St Augustine's Bay], Madagascar, mostly addressed to the commanders of ships in the service of William Courteen [Courten], and one addressed to the commanders of ships in the service of the East India Company, dated 18 May to 20 August 1646; a list of the names of men who had died after 20 December 1645, and a list of people who left in the
Friendshippe[
Friendship], bound for Mayotta [Mayotte]; a record of a consultation held on board the
Antiloppe[
Antelope], dated 16 October 1646; and a copy of a letter left at the Island of Mayotta (folios 148-154)A map showing part of the coastline of Tasmania, referred to as 'the South Land lately discovered', 1643 (folios 155-156)Commission and instructions from the East India Company to Andrew Trumball, Master of the
Hopewell, bound for Muslapatam [Masulipatnam or Machilipatnam] and ‘other parts of East India’, 1641 (folios 157-166)Copies of consultations held on board the
Dolphinand the
Antiloppe[
Antelope], 10 June to 22 September 1646, and copies of related letters (including a copy of a letter addressed to any merchants or commanders of any ships in the service of William Courteen, which begins on 171 verso and continues on 148 recto) (folios 167-171)An invoice of goods loaded onto the
Antelope, bound for England from Surat as part of the Fourth Joint Stock voyage, 6 January 1647 [New Style date 6 January 1648] (folios 172-174)Commission and instructions from the East India Company to James Bearblock (also spelled Berblok and Beareblock), Master of the
Supply(also spelled
Supplie), bound for Assada [Nosy Be] and Bantam [Banten], 1 May 1650 (folios 175-176)Orders and instructions given by the ‘Adventurers’ of the ship
East India Merchantto Jarvais Cartwrite [Jarvis Cartwright], appointed Purser of the ship, 16 February 1656 [New Style date 16 February 1657] (folios 177-178)A bill of lading for goods shipped by the
Eagle, bound for London, dated Swalle Mareene [Suvali, also spelled Swally Marine]January 1652 [January 1653] (folios 179-180)An invoice for goods loaded on the ship
Benjamin, bound to London from Swally Hole [Suvali], 20 January 1656/57 (folios 181-184)Commission and instructions to Captain John Egmont, Commander of the
George and Martha, bound for the Gold Coast of New Guinea, 11 July 1662 (folios 185-187)A list of ships in the East India Company's service from 1685-90, mostly bound for India, Tonqueen [Tonkin], Pryaman [Pariaman], and Benoolen [Benkulu] (folio 188)A list of ships in the East India Company's service from 1685-1690, bound for India, China, St Hellena [St Helena] and Bencoolen [Benkulu] (folio 189)A covering sheet for a bill of lading for the
Charles, January 1684/85 (folio 190)Commission and instructions for Thomas Grantham, Captain of the
Charles II, authorising him to enforce the Company's claims against the Shah of Persia [Iran] for half of the customs revenues of the Port of Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, also spelled Gombroone], c 1663 (folios 191-192)A bill of lading for the
Charles[
Charles II] bound from Surratt to London, January 1684/85, received 25 July 1685 (folios 193-194)An invoice of goods loaded on the
Benjaminfrom Surat, dated Swally Marine 1656/57, and received in London 26 December 1657 (folio 195)A duplicate copy of the journal of the voyage of the
Dartmouth, Captain Roger Carter, from England to the East Indies [India] and back, 8 March 1718 to 17 March 1719 [New Style date 17 March 1720] (folios 196-200)A copy of a journal (in French) of the French ship
Le Contentfrom Brest to the South Seas [South Pacific] and back, dated 1720-1723 (folios 201-210).Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-111) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 112-213); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: A rough journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Faulcon[
Falcon]. The journal consists of rough notes when the ship is at anchor, as well as an inventory of goods. The journal starts on 25 September 1645 in Swally [Suvalli], Suratt [Surat] and finishes on 16 October 1649 at Suratt. The journal also mentions the ship
Merry[Mary], which was at anchor at Swally on September 1645 (folio 51). Also featured is the signature of William Makins, a possible author of the journal.The journal contains information on the ship's cargo, which is written using abbreviations. The cargo includes pepper, lumber [timber], money and gunpowder. The journal employs Old Style (i.e. Julian calendar) dates most of the time; some entries use both Old Style and New Style (i.e. Gregorian calendar) dates.Destinations on the ship's route include the following places (dates are those of arrival): Swally, 25 September 1645 (folio 51); Sinde [Sindh], 28 November 1645 (folio 51); Swally 7 December 1645; Ragapore [Rajapuri], 7 January 1645 [New Style date 7 January 1646] (folio 52); Mocha, 12 February 1645 [New Style date 14 February 1646] (folio 52); Madras, 29 September 1646 (folio 54); Gumbrun [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, also spelled as Gumbroon], 21 January 1646 [New Style date 21 January 1647] (folio 55); Surratt, 11 March 1646 [New Style date 11 March 1647] (folio 56); Mocha, 5 May 1647 (folio 56); Aden, 14 August 1647 (folio 57); Suratt, 4 December 1647 (folio 58); Mocha, 15 March 1647 [New Style date 15 March 1648] (folio 64); Swally, 30 July 1648 (folio 68); Mocha, 12 August 1648 (folio 68); Gumbrun, 14 January 1648 [New style 14 January 1649] (folio 68); Suratt, 17 March 1648 [New Style date 17 March 1649] (folio 72); Bussra [Basra], 22 July 1649 (folio 72); Suratt, 16 October 1649 (folio 74).Physical description: 1 item (24 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; Edward Danvers, Acting Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; William Charles Andrews, Agent for the Governor of Surat; and P Stewart, Acting Agent for the Governor of Surat. It is the fourth in a series of four items.The item concerns the costs involved in repatriating Arab explorers in the interior of India, via Bombay [Mumbai].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 14 of No 29’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 430, and terminates at f 447 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Volume containing extracts from journals kept by Captain Thomas Best during various voyages between 1612 and 1617.Folios 2-4 cover a voyage aboard the
Hosianderfrom Surat, India, to Achene [Banda Aceh, Indonesia], January 1612 [New Style date 1613]-April 1613.Folios 6-8 contain an account of a voyage aboard the
Lionfrom the Cape of Good Hope to Surat, June-October 1615.Folios 9-10 contain an account of a voyage aboard the
Hosianderfrom Daman, India, to Surat, September 1612.Folios 11-18 contain instructions for sailing from England to Indonesia.Folios 20-53 cover a voyage aboard the
Jamesfrom England to Surat, March 1615 [New Style date 1616]-September 1616, from Surat to Jasquet [Bandar-e Jask, Iran] and back, November 1616-February 1616 [New Style date 1617], and from Surat to Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia], March-July 1617.The extracts contain information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 53; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Hindfrom Surat to Macao, and then back towards Surat (Master William Broadbent), 1644-45 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Swalow Hole [Suvali, Surat], 26 April 1644; 2 May 1644, Goa; 13 June 1644, Poolagar; 7 August 1644, Mackow [Macao]; 12 August 1644, wintered at the Islands of Don John [Typa Anchorage, Macao], 4 November 1644, Mokow [Macao]; 20 December 1644, Malaca [Malacca]; 5 January 1644 [Old Style]/5 January 1645 [New Style], sighted the island of Nicobar.Parts of earlier covers are preserved on folios 4-5. They include text in various hands. That on folio 4 is inscribed 'Company's Ship Hind', and lists the main places covered by the journal. That on folio 5 is inscribed 'Richard Mathew['s] Journall Begunne Apr [April] 1644'.The journal contains regular entries, dated at the top centre of each page. The left hand margin contains runs of readings of latitude, longitude, and variation, and occasional notes. There are also frequent sketches of coastlines seen from the sea, with settlements and buildings indicated, and descriptive text below.The journal records: navigational information; winds; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning of the ship; and sightings of other vessels.The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) dates.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Williamfrom England to Swally (various spellings) [Surat] and Batavia [Jakarta] (various spellings) (Captain Christopher Brown), 1626-29 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downes [Downs], 16 April 1626; 30 July 1626, Johaney [Anjouan]; 3 October 1626, Surat; 27 May 1627, Batavia; 17 December 1627, left Surat; 6 January 1627 [New Style date 6 January 1628] Comerrone [Bandar Abbas]; 24 February 1627 [New Style date 24 February 1628], Surat; 12 April 1628, left for England; 2 September 1628, Baye of Saldaney [Saldanha Bay]; 28 January 1628 [New Style date 28 January 1629], the Downs.The title on the original front cover (folio 2) is only partly legible. It indicates that the journal was compiled by Andrew Warden.The journal contains regular dated entries, with navigational readings and notes in the left hand margin.The journal records: navigational information; winds; weather; sightings of other vessels; and general remarks.The journal includes a description of a joint attack on Bumbaye [Bombay/Mumbai] by English and Dutch ships on 15 October 1627. The attack resulted in the capture of the fort, castle, and town, and the removal of all the best commodities (folio 13).The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) dates.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 73; 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 57-71, which have not been digitised. Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ships the
Hartand the
Mary, kept by ship's mate Edward Austin. The journal covers the
Hart's voyage from England to Surrat [Surat] and Gumaroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], and the
Mary's voyage from Surat to Bantam and England (all dates are those of arrival): 10 July 1627, Cape [of Good Hope]; 10 September 1627, Mohelia [Moheli, Comoros]; 30 November 1627, Surrat; 6 January 1628, Gumaroone; 25 February 1628, Surat; 27 May 1628, Mauricius [Mauritius]; 6 July 1628, St Augustin Bay, Madagascar; 22 July 1628, Mozambique; 4 August 1628, Johanna [Anjouan, Comoros]; 4 October 1628, Surat. At this point Edward Austin appears to board the
Mary, whose voyage continued from Surat as follows: 25 December 1628, Bantam; 7 August 1629, Cape Verde; 12 October 1629, Silly [Isles of Scilly]; 28 November 1629, Downes [Downs]; 13 December 1629, Erith.The journal consists of daily entries in three columns. The first column contains navigational data and the occasional remark on landings. The second column contains the day of the month. The third column contains further navigational data and notes on land bearings, courses, wind, and weather.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 76; 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 51-74, which have not been digitised.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Thistleworthfrom England to Bombay [Mumbai, India], March-September 1714, from Bombay to Surat, India, November 1714, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran], February-March 1714 [New Style date 1715], from Gombroon to Bombay, March-April 1715, and from Bombay to England, October 1715-May 1716 (Captain Daniel Small).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.