'A Journall Of a Voyage From England To Mocha, In the East Indies. In the Ship Prince Frederick 1727'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'A Journall Of a Voyage From England To Mocha, In the East Indies. In the Ship Prince Frederick 1727'
- Date:
- 1727/1730
- Description:
- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Prince Frederickfrom England to Mocha, and back (Captain William Haynes), 21 October 1727-25 March 1730 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 28 November 1727; 18 March 1727 [Old Style]/18 March 1728 [New Style], Cape Bona Espranca [Cape of Good Hope]; 23 June 1728, Moha [Mocha]; 16 October 1728, Bombay; 2 January 1728 [Old Style]/2 January 1729 [New Style], Mocha; 22 May 1729, Bombay; 20 November 1729, St Helena; 23 March 1729 [Old Style]/23 March 1730 [New Style], the Downs.The ship was at Mocha from 23 June to 25 August 1728, and from 2 January 1728/9 to 5 May 1729, and at Bombay from 16 October to 13 December 1728, and from 22 May to 27 July 1729.Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journall, Sam. [Samuel] Rodham [Chief Mate]' (folio 5).Marked: 'Rec. [Received] 29 April 1730 (folio 5).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Course; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in habour, or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; weather; winds; sea conditions; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; an incident in which the ship lost all six of her anchors, and was assisted by a Dutch ship (folio 25); commodities carried (especially coffee from Mocha, and rattans from Bombay); and deaths of crew members, including the death of Captain Haynes at Bombay, folios 53-54.The journal also includes a list of the Prince Frederick'sofficers and seamen, giving names; qualities [rank or occupation]; and details of those members of the crew who had died, or 'runn' [deserted from the ship], with dates (folios 4-5).The journal is double-dated, where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian 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 123; 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 112-122, which have not been digitised.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Ships logs
Marine navigation
Weather
Prince Frederick - Geographic region:
- Moha
Bombay - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000320_ar
81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000320_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/663D
IOR/L/MAR/B/663D