Windsor: Journal

Title:

Windsor: Journal

Date:

1710/1712

Description:

Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship, Windsor, kept by Captain Zachary Tovey. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Moco [Mocha, also written as Mokha in the journal] and Bombay [Mumbai]: 12 June 1711, Moco; 3 September 1711, Bombay; 6 October 1711, Anjengo [Anchuthengu, India]; 20 December 1711, Cape [of Good Hope]; 31 May 1712, Lisbon; 27 June 1712, Deptford.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is [my] original Journal', signed by Zachary Tovey.The journal consists of daily entries in two columns. The first column contains the date and some navigational data, the second contains remarks on the wind, weather, courses, distances covered, sightings of other ships, and sightings of land. Some more general remarks are sometimes given.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. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 36-87, which have not been digitised.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships logs
Trade (practice)
Weather
Marine navigation
Windsor

Geographic region:

Moco
Bombay

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001360.0x0000b5_ar
81055/vdc_100000001360.0x0000b5_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/29A
IOR/L/MAR/B/29A

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