Abstract: The journal of the ship
Essexby Captain George Jackson, witnessed by the Secretary of the Court of Directors of the East India Company Robert James, and received on 4 August 1747. The journal contains:The list of officers and seamen belonging to the ship
Essex(ff 2-3)The entries made during the ship's voyage from Deptford to Spithead (21 January 1744/45), Plymouth (2 March 1744/45), Land's End (16 April 1745), Madeira (25 April 1745), La Palma (29 April 1745), Cape Agulhas (8 July 1745), the Rocks (31 July 1745), Henrietta Island (4 August 1745), Comoros Island (16 August 1745) and Bombay (13 September 1745) (ff 4-53)The entries made during the voyage from Bombay to Surat (15 November 1745), Mangalore [Mangaluru] (13 February 1745/46), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (19 February 1745/46), Callecut [Kozhikode] (26 February 1745/46), Soccotra [Socotra] (2 April 1746), Mount Felix (4 April 1746) and Mocha (10 April 1746) (ff 53-74)The entries made during the voyage from Mocha to Aden (17 August 1746) and Bombay (1 September 1746) (ff 75-80)The entries made during the return voyage from Bombay to Cape Bona Esperança [Cape of Good Hope] (27 November 1746), Table Bay (30 November 1746), Table Land (22 December 1746), Ascension Island (16 January 1746/47), Scattrey [Scattery Island] (28 March 1747), Fines (5 May 1747), Cape Clear (19 June 1747), Kinsale (20 June 1747), Plymouth (23 June 1747), Westcott Bay (28 June 1747), and Deptford (21 July 1747) (ff 80-129).The journal entries made during the above-mentioned four voyages cover the period between 14 October 1744 and 31 July 1747. 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 131; 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.