'A Journall Off our Intending Voyage By God Permission in the Ship Britannia CapPhineas Frognall from London Towards Commencing From October the 4. 1735 to.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'A Journall Off our Intending Voyage By God Permission in the Ship Britannia CapPhineas Frognall from London Towards Commencing From October the 4. 1735 to.'
- Date:
- 1735/1737
- Description:
- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Britanniafrom England to Mocha and Bombay [Mumbai], and back (Captain Phineas Frognall), 5 October 1735-19 May 1737 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 11 December 1735; 22 February 1735 [Old Style]/22 February 1736 [New Style], Cape [of Good Hope]; 5 May 1736, Mocha; 9 September 1736, Bombay; 18 October 1736, Cochin [Kochi]; 25 October 1736, Anjengo [Anchuthengu]; 18 January 1736 [Old Style]/18January 1737 [New Style], St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 28 April 1737, the Downs.The ship was at Mocha from 5 May to 16 August 1736.Inscribed: 'This is my Origanall Journall, Fran[Francis] King [listed as First Mate on folio 6]' (folio 2).Marked: 'Rec. [Received] 25. May 1737' (folio 2).The journal contains regular entries in seven columns: Var [variation]; H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds etc. [or winds and weather]; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in harbour, or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; winds; sea conditions; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; contact with other Company ships; sightings of other vessels; commodities carried, especially coffee from Mocha; and the death of Captain Frognall at Mocha on 21 July 1736 (folio 35).The journal also includes: a list of the ship's company in 1735, giving number, names, quality [rank or occupation], and details of those men who had died, run [deserted], or been discharged, with dates (folio 6); a supplementary list of seamen taken on, with dates (folio 6); and a list of soldiers for the factory at Bombay, giving number and names (folio 7).Entries for 1735/6 (where indicated) are mainly New Style (Gregorian calendar); entries for 1736/7 are double-dated, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style dates.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 95; 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Ships logs
Trade (practice)
Weather
Britannia - Geographic region:
- Mocha
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001513.0x0000c6_ar
81055/vdc_100000001513.0x0000c6_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/285BB
IOR/L/MAR/B/285BB