Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Discoveryfrom England to Surat, Persia [Iran] and Java (Captain John Vian), 7 April 1626 to 14 November 1628. The
Discoverydeparted from the Downs on 16 April 1626, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of the arrival, and both Old Style and New Style dates are given): 30 July 1626, Johanna [Anjouan]; 15 October 1626, Bombay [Mumbai]; 24 October 1626, Suratt [Surat]; 18 January 1626/7, Gomoroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; March 1626/7, Surratt; 27 May 1627, Battavia [Jakarta]; October 1627, Surratt; 12 May 1628, Cape [of Good Hope]; 15 June 1628, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 25 October 1628, Downs.The Journal consists of daily entries covering navigational information, winds, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and English men-of-war, sightings of other vessels, deaths of crewmembers, commodities carried, 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 69; 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 printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship the
Williamby George Marriatt, covering its voyage from England to Suratt [Surat] and Bantam [Banten] and back between 1 March 1629/30 and 6 August 1633 (Captain Matthew Wills).The journal consists of daily entries of information on the following: navigation; winds; weather; contact with other East India Company ships, such as the
Blessing; contact with Duch [Dutch] ships and French crew; descriptions of the coasts seen during the ship's course; general observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. The entries include mentions of confrontations with other ships (folios 5, 19, 20, 27, and 46).The dates of the entries (where indicated) are in the Old Style (i.e. the Julian calendar).The ship's route is as follows (dates given are those of arrival): 15 March 1629/30, the Downs (f 5); 20 May 1630, Trinidado [Trinidade] (f 8); 21 June 1630, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope] (f 9); 14 July 1630, Augustine Bay [St Augustine's Bay] (f 11); 7 August 1630, Iohana [Johanna/Anjouan] (f 12); 14 October 1630, Swally [Suvali], Suratt (f 14); 7 February 1630/31, Comorrom [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, also written in the journal as Comorome] (f 17); 5 April 1631, Swally, Suratt (f 18); 23 May 1631, Polacat [Pulicat, also written in the journal as Poolacat and Pollacatt] (f 19); 23 August 1631, Iohana (f 24); 14 October 1631, Swally, Suratt (f 28); 26 February 1631/32, Comorrom (f 29); 8 April 1632, Swally, Suratt (f 32); 1 August 1632, Bantam (f 39); 12 October 1632, Iambee [Jambi] (f 40); 14 January 1632/33, Bantam (f 42); 15 April 1633, Cape (f 46); 17 May 1633, St Alena [St Helena] (f 47); 3 August 1633, the Downs (f 52).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 58; 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 printed pagination sequence.
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
Prince Frederickfrom England to Bombay and back (Captain Edward Martin), 1722 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated). Downs, departed 31 March 1722; 30 August 1722, Mosambeque [Mozambique, also written in the journal as Mosambique and Mosambeaque]; 22 September 1722, Bombay; 23 October 1722, Suratt [Surat]; December 1722, towards Combarun [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The voyage ended on 10 April 1725, Downs. The journal does not cover the entire voyage.The journal consists of daily entries covering navigational information, winds, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and English men-of-war, sightings of other vessels, deaths of crew members, commodities carried 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 201; 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 46-200, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship
Stanhopeto Bombay, 1714-17 is part of the Marine Department Records, Ships’ Journals. Inscribed: ‘This is my Original Journal in the Stanhope. Went. Geo. [Wentworth George] Pitt’. 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, weather conditions, latitude and longitude. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only.The main destinations the
Stanhopemade trips to are Bombay, Suratt [Surat], Gombroon [Bandar ‘Abbas], Madrass [Madras], Bengall [Bengal], Calcutta, and England.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; 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 ships
Merchant'sHope(in the text abbreviated as the
Hope),
Hector,
New Yeers Guifte[
New Year's Gift] (often in the text abbreviated to the
Gift), and
Sallomonby Edward Dodsworth, who travelled on the
Giftand returned on the
Hope, from England to Suratt [Surat] and back via Irlande [Ireland] between 25 February 1614 and 2 November 1615 (Commander and general of the voyage was Nicholas Downton of the
Hector).Inscribed (folio 5): ‘A memoryall of our proseedings to Th'east Indyes anno domini 1614. Observed and gathered and also written by M[iste]r Edward Dodsworth who retourned in yt Hoped a[nn]o 1615’. It is possible that this copy of the journal was made not by Dodsworth but by a scribe for presentation to the East India Company.The journal consists of monthly narrative entries (with notes in the margins) recording the following: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, and maintenance of and repairs to the ship; contact with other British ships, country ships, Portuguese ships and Dutch ships; sightings of other vessels; references to the coasts sighted during the course; deaths of crew members and disease on the ships; transport of arms and soldiers; cargoes carried in general throughout the voyages; a total of the cargo and dispatches carried from Suratt [Surat] (folios 19, 20, 21); interactions with merchants and accounts of merchants coming aboard the ship; relations with inhabitants where the ships anchor, with details on the exchange of presents; descriptions of the trade situation in Socatora [Socotra] and Suratt [Surat]; relations with Portuguese merchants; references to factories in Agra and Biana; an expedition to Agra; a riot in Ahmadabad [Ahmedabad] and damages on the
Hope(folios 26-27); conflict with the Portuguese in Swally/Sually [Suvali] (folios 27-28); a list of Portuguese ships (folio 29); and general remarks.The journal also includes drawings of plant leaves in the words of the notes and the titles around all the entries.The journal includes transcriptions of letters, consultations and other items, including: a letter sent to the King of Socatora (verso of folio 10); a letter from Nicholas Downton (verso of folio 7) and other letters by the commission on behalf of the East India Company (folios 23-24, and 31); a reference to John Speed's
Chronicle(verso of folio 11); five consultations by the East India Company commission during the voyage (folios 14, 15, 18, 29).In addition, the journal gives a list of the factors who have resided at Agra, Suratt [Surat], Bantam [Bantem], Baroche [Bharuch], Cambaya [Khambhat] and Brodera [Vadodara] (folio 18 verso).The journal employs Old Style dates (Julian calendar).The entries record the ship's arrival at the following places: 25 February 1613 [New Style 25 February 1614], Gravesende [Gravesend] (recto of folio 6); 4 May 1614, the Downs (recto of folio 6); 15 June 1614, Salldania/Saldania Baye [Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good Hope] (verso of folio 7); 6 August 1614, St Lawrence Iland [Madagascar] (verso of folio 8); 23 August 1614, Moyella [Mohéli] (rector of folio 10); 9 September 1614, Socatora [Socotra] (recto of folio 10); 12 October 1614, Bar of Suratt [Surat] (verso of folio 12); 17 June 1615, Salldanya Baye [Saldanha Bay] (recto of folio 30); 28 October 1615, Irlande (verso of folio 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 35; 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, bottom right corner, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: Part of a journal kept by Thomas Love on the sixth voyage of the East India Company. The journal covers the voyages of the East India Company ships
Trades Increaseand
Peppercornfrom the Downs to Mocha and back (Captains Sir Henry Middleton and Nicholas Downton respectively, 4 April 1610-19 November 1611).The journal covers the period 4 April 1610 to 4 December 1611, although there are no entries for the period between 13 July and the 9 October 1611. There are also some entries covering 1612-13.The journal consists of daily entries and monthly quadrants recording navigational information under the following column headings: latitude, longitude, distance run, the course, and variations and remarks.The journal features different handwriting and a possible signature by George Downton (f 15). It mentions that on 18 June 1610 Thomas Love transferred from the
Peppercornto the
Trades Increase(f 4). Also mentioned is the death of the chief merchant Mr Femall on 20 May 1611 (f 10), and encounters with Portuguese merchants (f 13). An entry on 26 February 1612 mentions the death of Thomas Love (author unknown).In addition, the journal includes a section entitled 'Definitions of mapps' [maps] (ff 17-18). The last few folios (ff 28-30) of the journal consist of drawings, annotations and calculations (ff 25-29). Finally, there are drawings depicting the coast of Moyella Island (West Africa) and Comory (f 24).The ship sailed to Cape de Verde Island, Saldhana Bay, the Bay of St Augustine, the Island of St Laurence, Socotra, Mocha, Pullopenjan, and St Helena.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, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 121-171), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, John Horne, and the Factory Council members, including William Cordeaux, Edward Clift, and John Geekie, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters received and sent, as well as visits to and from the Factory.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:News of peace being concluded between the Persians and the Muscauites [Muscovites]News of Hassan Ally Caun Mayor Bashee [Hasan Ali Khan Mu’ayyir Bashi] attacking the Turkish frontiersNews of the revolt of Shaikh Ahmed Madannah [Ahmad Madani]The arrival of wool from Carmania [Kerman]The appointment of Nathaniel Whitewell to serve at the Council of BombayNews of Arabs and Aphgoons [Afghans] campaigning against the Factory and the PersiansReports that Mahmud Caun Balloach [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluyah] has joined the Beglerbeggy [Beglerbegi/ Beylerbeyi is Turkish and Azeri for Governor-General] of Shyrash [Shiraz] to campaign against the ArabsNews of peace being concluded between the Persians and the Turks [Ottomans]A letter received from Jonathan Winder and William Follie of a ship called the
Queen CarolineThe arrival of letters from the Hoalley [the Hawala/Huwala Arabs?] and from the Imaum's Vackeel [the Imam's wakil, or representative]An exchange of letters between the Factory and various Persian notables, and an exchange of letters between the Factory members at Gombroon and Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune] with the Council at BombayAn exchange of visits between the Factory's Agent and Mirza Ishmael the Shanobunder of Gombroon [Mirza Ismail, the Shahbandar of Bandar-e ʻAbbās], between the Agent and Meer Meer Ally [Mir Mehr ‘Ali, Deputy Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas], and between the Agent and the Dutch Chief.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Britannia, the
Prince of Wales Galley, the
Robert Galley, the
Queen Carolineand the
Fame. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Mocha, Surat, Bussarah [Basra], and the Mallabar Coast.The diary also includes records of certain individuals who are either merchants or Persian officials, including the following: Mirza Mahmut Naib of Afseen [Mirza Mahmud, Governor of Afseen]; Mirza Ishmael Shano from Afseen [Mirza Ismail Khan]; and Maahmud Ally Beg [Muhammad ‘Ali Beg], former Shahbandar of Gombroon.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.Physical description: The diary includes a cover page, and a table of contents. The diary is numbered 1-92, which corresponds to folios 121-169. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 173-215), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, John Horne, and the Factory Council members, including John Geekie, Edward Clift and Nathaniel Whitewell, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters sent and received, as well as visits to and from the Factory.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:The news of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Quli Khan, future Nadir Shah Afshar] trying to make peace with the Turks [Ottomans]The arrival of the wool caphila [caravans] from Carmenia [Kerman]The dispatching of books and consultations for delivery to the Council at BombayThe appointment of William Cockell as the new Chief Agent at the Gombroon FactoryThe appointment of John Geekie to replace William Cockell as Chief Agent at Spahaun [Isfahan, also written as Spahune]The arrival of William Cordeux from CarmeniaThe arrival of Walter Ray from SpahaunThomas Caun appointing Mahmud Ally Caun [Turkmen, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan] as his Ambassador to IndiaThe rebellion of the people on the Gulf coast and the Haviza Arabs [Huwayza Arabs of Khuzistan] against the PersiansJames Barker's command of the military at GombroonAphgoons [Afghans] and Arabs marching against the PersiansMahmud Caun Balloch [Muhammad Khan Baluch, Governor of Kuhgiluya], the Caun of Shyrsh [Khan of Shiraz], and Meer Meer Ally [Mir Mehr ‘Ali, Deputy Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas] marching against the Soonees [Sunni Muslims] and the Afghans and taking their General, Curdash Caun [Qardash Khan], as prisonerThomas Caun marching against the Turks to lay siege to Bagdatt [Baghdad]Consul Cox at Alleppo [Aleppo] advising Thomas Caun on the movements of the Turkish [Ottoman] forcesThe Factory requesting from Thomas Caun the renewal of its former grants and privileges in as full extent as were granted by any of the previous Kings [Shahs] of Persia.The diary includes records of letters exchanged mainly between the Factory at Gombroon and those at Spahaun, Bussarah [Basra], and Bombay, as well as letters to and from Persian notables and merchants. It also includes records of visits exchanged between the Factory employees and certain Persian notables and merchants, as well as the Dutch Chief.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the
Britannia, the
Swallow, the
Fame, the
Charles, the
Monmouth, and Dutch ships the
Jacoband
Caster and Pollux. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Bombay, Surat, and Bussarah.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.Physical description: The diary includes a table of contents (ff 213-215) at the end of it. The table of contents records certain events and their page order in the diary. The diary itself has been numbered 1-77 which correspond to folios 173-211. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.