'Abstracts of ship’s journals preserved in the India Office (1610-1623)'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Abstracts of ship’s journals preserved in the India Office (1610-1623)'
- Date:
- 1872/1947
- Description:
- Abstract: This volume contains handwritten abstracts of journals of the Seventh, Tenth, Second Joint Stock, Fifth Joint Stock, and Seventh Joint Stock voyages of the East India Company, dating from 1610 to 1624, which had been preserved in the India Office. The volume is undated.It includes a tabular index to abstracts numbered 1 to 30 (folio 2 verso to folio 3), with columns listing the following: abstract number; voyage number; dates covered by the abstract; writer of the journal; ship; Chief Commander of the voyage; number of pages; and a brief description of the contents of the abstract. The abstracts included in this volume are numbers 9-11 and 13-30. There is a note on folio 1 of the volume stating that abstract numbers 1-8 and 11-12 'have been printed in the Hakluyt Society's volume containing the Narratives of the voyages of Sir James Lancaster'.The volume contains abstracts of the following journals:9. Peter W Flores [Floris] in the Globe, 5 January 1610/11 to 17 February 1614/1510. Captain Thomas Best in the Dragon, 1 February 1611/12 to 15 June 161411. Extracts from several journals, April 1613 to July 161713. Edward Dodsworth, a merchant, in the Hope, 28 February 1613/14 to 2 November 161514. John Munden, Master’s Mate, in the Hector, 28 February 1613/14 to 20 June 161715. Journal of the New Year’s Gift, 9 March 1613/14 to 30 September 161416. Edmund Sayer, a merchant, in the junk Sea Adventureand another ship, 7 December 1615 to 22 October 161617. Journals of two voyages, one from Patania to Japan, and one from Japan to Bantam, 10 July to 11 September 1615, and 20 February 1615/16 to 26 April 161618. John Borden in the Clove, April 1616 to 19 June 161719. Edmund Sayer, a merchant, 20 March 1616/17 to 7 September 161720. Captain Robert Adams in the Bull, 5 March 1616/17 to 29 December 161821. Captain John Rowe in the Expedition, 30 October 1618 to 10 January 1618/1922. Richard Bragge, Master’s Mate, in the Moon, 25 July to 5 November 161823. Henry Crosbye in the Charlesand other vessels, 21 March 1618/19 to 19 June 162424. Archibald Jennison in the London, 25 March 1620 to 18 June 162225. Richard Swan in the Roebuckand the Hart, 4 February 1619/20 to 12 June 162226. Captain Richard Swanley in the Exchange, 18 March 1619/20 to 24 June 162427. John Wood, Master, in the Lesser James, 14 January 1620/21 to 27 May 162128. Richard Swanley in the Jonasand the Lion, 19 March 1620/21 to 23 July 162329. Logs of the Palsgrave, the Bulland the Ann Royal, 23 November 1621 to 5 September 162230. Log of the Elizabeth, 25 March to 7 November 1623, and 18 December 1623 to 21 February 1623/24Dates are given in both Old Style and New Style years.The most detailed abstracts are numbers 9, 10, 13, 15, 21, 23 and 25.Most of the abstracts include tables of storms recorded in each journal, with columns usually listing the following for each storm: date, latitude, longitude, course, wind direction, and the description of the storm in the journal.The final folio of each abstract usually includes a brief summary of what is recorded in the parts of the journals which have been abstracted, and the summaries for the shorter abstracts often include comments by the creator of this volume stating that (in the opinion of the creator) the abstracts contain little or no 'matter of interest'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 158; 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:
- Voyages and travels
Ships - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100022551646.0x000004_ar
81055/vdc_100022551646.0x000004_en
IOR/L/MAR/C/3
IOR/L/MAR/C/3