Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Cardigan, kept by Captain Richard Grainger. The journal covers the ship’s voyage to Culcutta [Kolkata], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas], and Madras [Chennai] (all dates are those of arrival): 17 January 1713, Downes [Downs]; 15 May 1713, Table Bay, Cape; 29 July 1713, Ballasore [Baleshwar]; 11 August 1713, Rogues River; 19 October 1713, Culcutta; 2 March 1714, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 1 May 1714, Gombroon; 18 August 1714, Madras; 28 September 1714, Ballasore; 10 October 1714, Rogues River; 6 January 1715, Cox’s Island; 19 February 1715, Madras; 26 February 1715, Fort St David; 5 March 1715, Madras; 22 March 1715, Fort St David; 31 March 1715, Madras; 29 October 1715, Cape; 12 December 1715, St Hellena [St Helena]; 24 April 1716, Woolwich. Near the front of the journal (folio 3) is the inscription: ‘This is my Originall Journall, Richard Grainger, Received the 24th May 1716’ The journal consists of daily entries in two columns. The first column contains navigational data and the second column contains notes on winds, weather, land bearings, distances, ship maintenance and riggings, names of the deceased, ship sightings, additional navigational data, and some more general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only. At times entries include columns on Clock (time of day) and Depth (in fathoms).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 112; 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 95-111, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship the
Frederick.The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay, and its way back towards England, finishing at St Lawrence [Madagascar], between 23 December 1704 and 28 February 1707 [New Style 28 February 1708] (Captain John Wynn).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds etc., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. There are several blank pages in the volume and these appear to coincide with missing entries, which often cover a period of several days.The journal records navigational information; weather; descriptions of the coasts seen during the ship's course; contact with other East India Company ships, Dutch ships, Portuguese ships, and country ships; relations with merchants; commodities carried; provisions carried; and other remarks. Entries are double-dated using both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.Inscribed: 'Recd [Received]: 30 Octo [October] 1707' (folio 2).The ship's route is as follows (dates given are approximate dates of arrival, owing to missing entries above): Gravesend, 23 December 1704 (folio 4); the Downs, 3 January 1704 [New Style date 3 January 1705] (folio 4); Cape [Cape of Good Hope], 7 May 1705 (folio 54); Johana [Anjouan], 25 June 1705 (folio 74); Bombay, 31 July 1705 (folio 90); Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 11 March 1705 [New Style date 11 March 1706] (folio 122); Bombay, 12 April 1706 (folio 133); Surratt [Surat], 30 April 1706 (folio 137); Bombay, 5 May 1706 (folio 142); Madras [Chennai], 6 July 1706 (folio 155); Callcuta [Kolkata], 1 January 1706 [New Style date 1 January 1707].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 192; 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
Howlandfrom England to Madras (Captain George Cooke), 1707-08. The
Howlandleft the Downs in mid-February 1706/7, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 10 May 1707, Table Bay; 13 July 1707, Madras [Chennai]; 21 September 1707, Rogues River (also written as Roagues River); 1 January 1707/8, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 2 February 1707/8 Rogues River; 26 April 1708, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 4 August 1708, Madras; 22 August 1708, Rogues River.The journal consists of daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage), which for most of the volume are formed of six columns: H [Hour], K [Knot], F [Fathoms], Courses, Wind, and a final column recording latitude, meridian distance, departure times, observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, and other general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only.The entries are dated, although the text is very faded (as are the column headings), to the point of being illegible in some cases. The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style dates (Gregorian calendar).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 151; 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
Bedfordfrom England to Madras [Chennai], Bengal, and Mocha (Captain William Wells), 18 December 1731-22 May 1734 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 28 February 1731 [New Style date 28 February 1732]; 3 April 1732, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 26 July 1732, Fort St George/Madras; 10 September 1732, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 31 December 1726, Ingelle [Ingeli]; 3 February 1732 [New Style date 3 February 1733], Cochin [Kochi]; 18 March 1732 [New Style date 18 March 1733], Mocha; 12 April 1733, Judda [Jeddah]; 15 July 1733, Mocha; 23 August 1733, Madras; 28 September 1733, Calcutta; 14 January 1733 [New Style date 14 January 1734], Ingeli; 31 January 1733 [New Style date 31 January 1734], left Point Palmiras [Palmyras Point], bound for St Helena.The ship was at Calcutta from 10 September to 26 December 1732, and 28 September to 30 December 1733; and at Jeddah from 12 April to 6 July 1733.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal No. 1, Wm. Wells' (folio 1), and 'Ship Bedfords Journal Kept by William Wells Commencing Anno 1731 & ending Anno 1735.' (folio 7).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 14 May 1735.' (folio 1).The journal contains entries recorded nearly every day in seven columns: H [hour]; Courses; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; 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; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, and maintenance of the ship; contact with other British ships, and country ships; sightings of other vessels; references to fish and birds encountered; deaths of crew members; transport of soldiers; cargoes carried (described especially at Madras, Calcutta, and Jeddah, and deliveries of rice at Mocha); and general remarks.The journal also includes a quarter bill (folios 5-6), listing the stations to be taken up by the members of
Bedford'screw if the ship were to be boarded by an enemy.Initially, the journal employs Old Style (Julian) dates only; from 31 January 1733 [Old Style]/31 January 1734 [New Style], it is double-dated, where necessary, giving both Old and New Style (Gregorian) dates.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 176; 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 voyage of the East India Company ship
Drakefrom England to Calcutta [Kolkata, India], February 1728 [New Style date 1729]-August 1729, from Calcutta to Bombay [Mumbai, India], January 1729 [New Style date 1730]-May 1730, from Bombay to Surat, India, October 1730, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran] and back, November 1730-April 1731, from Surat to Calcutta, May-June 1731, and from Calcutta to England, January 1731 [New Style date 1732]-August 1732 (Captain John Houghton).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations. Some of the entries written in port include details of the loading and unloading of cargo and provisions.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 100; 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 voyage of the East India Company ship the
Rockinghamfrom England to Madras [Chennai] and Bombay [Mumbai] and back (Captain Thomas Butler), 1800-1802. The
Rockinghamdeparted from Torbay on 27 May 1800, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following places (dates are those of arrival): 5 December 1800, Madras; 2 April 1801, Bombay; 16 May 1801, Mocha; 22 June 1801, Geddah [Jeddah, also written as Judda in the journal]; 14 August 1801, Mocha; 23 November 1801, Tillicherry [Thalassery]; 31 December 1801, Cochin [Kochi]; 4 January 1802, Anjengo; 5 April 1802, St Helena; 8 June 1802, the Downs.The journal begins with a list of officers and seamen on board the
Rockingham, consisting of six columns recording the following information, where applicable: men's names; number; run [deserted]; discharged; dead; and year, month, day, and place where (folio 2). This is followed by lists of passengers for the outward and homeward journeys, mainly consisting of troops (folios 2-3). For the outward journey, a table of figures, divided into ranks, lists European and 'native' troops destined for Madras; among the list of homebound passengers are invalids from various British Army regiments (including the 19th Light Dragoons, the 12th Regiment of Foot, the 33rd Regiment of Foot, and the 73rd Regiment of Foot) who boarded at St Helena (in this list names of soldiers are provided). This is followed by daily entries of notes recording the preparation and loading of the ship at Blackwall shipyard, and later at Woolwich, Gravesend, and Portsmouth (folios 3-5). These notes include remarks on weather and other ships in the vicinity.The main body of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.General notes towards the rear of the journal indicate that the ship stopped at Bombay on at least one other occasion, with remarks covering the period 6 October-15 November 1801 (folios 132-133).There are two different entries for 23 January 1802: one on the verso of folio 95, which is out of chronological sequence and appears to have been added in error, and one on the verso of folio 99.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 138; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journey of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Lord Camdenfrom England to Bombay (Captain Thomas Walker), 17 March 1783/4 to 21 May 1786. The
Lord Camdendeparted from the Downs on 17 March 1783/4, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 27 June 1784, Joanna [Anjouan]; 20 July 1784, Bombay [Mumbai]; 28 September, 1784, Madras [Chennai]; 10 November 1784, Kedgerie [Khijri]; 14 April 1785, Mocha; 25 September-19 February 1785/86, St Helena; 16 May 1786, Asscension [Ascension]; 21 May 1786, Downs.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 132; 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.