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
Hector, Solomon, and
New Year’s Giftfrom England to Bantam [Banten], Java, 28 February 1613 [New Style date 28 February 1614] to 15 June 1617, written by John Munden of the
Hectorship. The journal contains daily entries with monthly columns. There are brief entries for the year 1616. The journal doesn't mention which ships returned.The journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information under the following column headings: latitude, leagues, course, wind, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor or sailing near shore, the entries consist of general remarks.Notable places mentioned include the following: Delisha (a port town on the coast of Socotra), Suratt [Surat], the coast of India, Summatra [Sumatra], and Java.The journal mentions the cargo, e.g. pepper on the
Hector(f 22). Also included are drawings of the Cape of Degulias [Cape Agulhas], Cape Falsa [False Bay], and the Cape of Good Hope (ff 26-27).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 42; 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.
Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship
Blenheimis part of the Marine Department Records, Ships' Journals. Inscribed: 'Captain Abraham Parrots Jurnall [Journal] Off [of] My Voyage To Mocha And Bombay In the Blenheim From England In the Year off [of] our Lord 1709'. The logbook contains daily entries in five columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, and Winds. The log provides general navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, when the ship is at anchor, weather conditions, and records of declination, Lattd [latitude], Mirridd [Meridian], and dist [distance]. The log also contains records of various types of birds seen during the journey. The entries consist of remarks only.The log records the observations and accidents in the ship
Blenheimfrom England towards Mocha (also spelled Moha) in the Red Sea. On the way to Mocha, the
Blenheimpassed the East End of Madera [Madeira], Ascention [Ascension Island], Cape Bone Esperanca [Cape of Good Hope], Point Primero, Cape Laguillas [L'Agulhas], Island of St Lawrence [Madagascar], Cape Guardufoiy/Aromera [Cape Guardafui/ Aromata], and Babellmandell [Bab al-Mandel Strait].Upon arrival at Mocha, the main goods sent ashore were firearms, glassware, sword blades, bars of iron, and clothes, and the only items taken on board were bales of coffee. From Mocha, the
Blenheimmade its way back to England via Bombay, Cape of Good Hope, and Holland.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 102; 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 East India Company ship
Somersby John Sparks, third mate. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and its return to England, between 11 November 1711 and 28 March 1715 (Captain Eustace Peacock).The journal contains daily entries in two different formats. Firstly, daily entries written in a journal style (folios 3-6, 8-10, and 30-31). Secondly, daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks (folios 12-27; 32-127). When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records the following: navigational information; weather; contact with other East India Company ships, French ships, a Dutch ship, a Portuguese ship, a European ship and country ships; commodities carried; general remarks.The journal also includes:A list of the crew with their age and nationality (folios 5-6)A list of the soldiers onboard (folios 49)Remarks in the margins, written in pencil (folios 30, 45, 51, 71, 78, 107)Notes about the deaths of crewmembers, some including a small sketch depicting the deceased (folios 15, 16, 21, 32, 41, 43, 57, 58, 59, 62, 98)A mention of sickness on the ship (folio 16)A mention of birds seen (folio 43).Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style (Julian) and New Style (Gregorian) calendars.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: ‘Second mate jounall of the ship Sommers received 14 June 1715’.The journal records the ship's arrival at the following places: the Downs, 15 April 1712; Snt Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 30 May 1712; Table Bay, Cape Bona Esperanca [Cape of Good Hope], 15 August 1712; Anjengo, 18 November 1712; Cochin [Kochi], 28 November 1712; Calicut [Kozhikode], 6 December 1712; Goa, 14 December 1712; Bombay [Mumbai], 27 December 1712, Surratt [Surat], 24 January 1712/13; Bombay, 15 March 1712/13; Arabian Coast, 27 April 1713; Muscat, 4 May 1713; Gombaroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 13 May 1713; Maderass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], 8 August 1713; Balasore, 23 September 1713; Calcutta [Kolkata], 19 October 1713; Anjengo, 8 Jan 1713/14; Tellicherry [Thalassery], 17 January 1713/14; Goa, 27 January 1713/14; Bombay, 5 February 1713/14; Surat, 23 February 1713/14; Bombay, 23 March 1713/14; Pondicherry, 17 May 1713/14; Madras [Chennai], 19 May 1713/14; Cape Bona Esperanca, 31 October 1713/14; Lisbon, 12 February 1714/15; Coast of France, 24 March 1714/15.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 133; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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. 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
Portfieldfrom England to Mocha and Surat, and back (Captain Francis D'Abbadie), 28 April 1746-9 September 1748 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Plimouth [Plymouth], 20 September 1746; 23 December 1746, Cape of Good Hope; 17 May 1747, Mocha; 5 September 1747, Surat; 11 March 1747 [Old Style]/11 March 1748 [New Style], Bahia de Todos Los Santos; 8 July 1748, Lisbon; 21 August 1748, the Downes [Downs].The ship was at the Cape of Good Hope from 23 December 1746 to 23 March 1747 [New Style date only given in the record], at Mocha from 17 May to 15 August 1747, and at Surat from 5 September to 28 November 1747.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, F. D'Abbadie' (folio 1).Marked: 'Rec. [Received] 12 Sept. [September] 1748' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; C [course]; Winds; 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; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; contact with other British ships, and His Majesty's ships (including Admiral George Anson's squadron); references to the other ships with which the
Portfieldsailed in convoy; weather; winds; sea conditions; sightings of birds and marine animals; deaths of crew members and soldiers; sightings of other vessels; and commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha).The Journal employs astrological symbols to indicate the days of the week.Also included is an account of a complaint received by the Captain of the
Portfieldfrom the Governor and Council of Bombay: folio 83.The journal is generally double-dated, where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) dates.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 153; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Abstract: This volume consists of a journal (log book) of a voyage to Madras [Chennai] and Bengal in the East India Company ship
Dartmouth, recorded by the Captain of the ship Thomas Beckford.The journal entries are dated 14 October 1710 to 17 August 1713.The inscriptions on folio 2 of the journal state that the journal was received on 16 September 1713 and laid before the Court of Directors of the East India Company on 18 September 1713.The journal records the ship sailing for Gravesend on 19 November 1710. Following this, the ship anchored in the Downes [Downs] on 22 December 1710, at Spithead on 3 January 1710, Stokes Bay on 4 January 1710, and Spithead again on 26 January 1710.The journal entries subsequently record the ship anchoring in the following places (both Old Style and New Style dates are given in the journal entries): the Cape of Good Hope (24 April to 13 May 1711), Fort St George [Madras] (10 to 20 July 1711), Fort St David (10 to 12 August 1711), Fort St George (14 August to 6 September 1711), Rogues River [Muri Ganga, also known as Channel Creek or the Baratala River] (25 September 1711, leaving Bengal 28 January 1711/12), Anjango [Anchuthengu] (15 to 17 February to 1711/12), Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] (28 March to 28 June 1712), Fort St George (7 to 16 August 1712), Table Bay (18 January to 31 March 1712/13), and Texel (9 August 1713). The ship reached the Thames Estuary on 17 August 1713.Daily entries for when the ship was at sea from 28 January 1711 onwards consist of tables recording the following: navigational measurements of latitude by account and departure (from the meridian), hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, winds, and remarks. The remarks mostly relate to the following: the wind and other weather and sea conditions; ships with which the
Dartmouthwas sailing in company, and sightings of other ships; actions performed by the crew; and measurements of the course of the ship and bearings of land.Entries for when the ship was at Fort St George, Fort St David, and Anjango record information including: weather conditions, treasure and goods being unloaded from the ship and sent ashore, the Captain and merchants from the ship going ashore, provisions and other cargo being received on board the ship, actions performed by the crew, and the arrival and departure of other ships. There are no daily entries for the dates when the ship was at anchor in the other places listed above, other than entries for the arrival and departure 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 133; 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 East India Company ship
Susannafrom England to Mocha and back (Captain John Edwards), 1718-20. The journal covers the ship's visits to the following places (dates are those of arrival): 13 December 1718, the Downs; 28 May 1719, Johanna [Anjouan]; 28 June 1719, Mocha; 13 September 1719, Tellecherry [Thalassery]; 27 September 1719, Callicut [Kozhikode]; 8 October 1719, Cochin [Kochi]; 24 October 1719, Cape Comerin [Kanniyākumāri, also written as Cape Comarin]; 20 January 1719/20, Cape of Good Hope (also written as Cape Bona Esperanca); 24 February 1719/20, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 17 June 1720, Woolwich; 23 June 1720, Deptford.The journal begins with the following inscription: 'A Journall of our Intended Voyage by Gods permission in the Good Ship Susanna From London towds. [towards] Mocha In the East Indies Anno Domini 1718', which is signed by John Edwards (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in eight columns. The first two columns note the latitude, the meridian distance from various places, and the date. The third column records general remarks and the final five columns are as follows: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Cours [Course] and Winds (these columns are omitted when the ship is at anchor). Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, and other miscellaneous remarks.The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style dates (Gregorian calendar).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 115; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Houghton, commanded by Philip Worth, by John Sparks. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Mocha and its return journey to England, between 21 September 1731 and 26 May 1733.The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds &c. [etcetera], and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and French ships, commodities carried, and other remarks. Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style (Julian) and New Style (Gregorian) calendars.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is my originall journall of the ship Houghton received the 13th June 1733'.The journal records the ship's arrival at the following places: Deptford, 6 October 1731 (folio 2); the Downs, 30 November 1731 (folio 2); Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope], 7 March 1731/32 (folio 27); Mocha, 20 May 1732 (folio 44); Bombay, 4 September 1732 (folio 51); Tellicherry [Thalassery], 8 October 1732 (folio 55); Cochin [Kochi], 13 October 1732 (folio 56 ); Table Bay, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope], 12 January 1732/33 (folio 78); St Helena, 8 February 1732/33 (folio 83); and Woolwich, 26 May 1733 (folio 108).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 112; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.