Abstract: Journal of the
Recovery[originally known as the
Eaton]. The Journal covers the ship's voyage to Madras and Calcutta (Captain Joseph Beale): 4 March 1712, Porto Sancto [Porto Santo, Madeira]; 17 May 1712, [Cape of Good Hope]; 29 July 1712, Maddrass [Madras]; 29 September 1712, Ballasore [Balasore]; 3 November 1712, Calcutta; 24 January 1713, leaves Calcutta; 22 March 1713, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 18 May 1713, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 27 August 1713, Madras; 26 September 1713, Rogues River, near Balasore; 22 January 1714, Madras; 15 May 1714, Cape of Good Hope; 16 June 1714, St Helena; 16 September 1714, Deptford.Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journall p[er] Recovery. Richard Heathfield. 15 Octo[ber] 1714'.The log book contains daily entries in eight columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Remarks], H [Hour], and Weather; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The log provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and general remarks. Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style and New Style years.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Eaton: Journal, Richard Heathfield, Chief Mate, 1712-14 (folios 4-162, IOR/L/MAR/B/106B);
Recovery: Deck Log, 1830-31 (folios 163-247, IOR/L/MAR/B/106C); and
Recovery: Deck Log, 1832-33 (folios 248-338, IOR/L/MAR/B/106D).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 341; 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 volume contains two separate pagination sequences, between ff 168-247 and between ff 251-338. These numbers are printed and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side and the top left corner of the verso side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Loyal Cooke(written in the journal as the Loyall Cooke) from England to China, Madras [Chennai] and Bengal (Captain Richard Bolton), 4 February 1703/4 to 12 October 1707. The
Loyal Cookedeparted from the Downs on 4 February 1703/4, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 23 June 1704, Batavia [Jakarta]; 8 August 1704, Emoy [Xiamen]; 20 February 1704/5, Malacca; 29 April 1705, Madras; 27 July 1705, Ballasore [Balashore]; 9 October 1705, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 29 January 1705/6, Callicutt [Kozhikode]; 31 March 1706, Gombron [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 18 July 1706, Madras; 10 January 1707, Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope]; 8 September 1707, Texell [Texel]; 12 October 1707, Deptford.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 f 1, and terminates at f 130; 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: Fragment of a journal, describing part of a journey on the third voyage of the East India Company on the
Hector, from England to Mosanbique [Mozambique], under Captain William Hawkins. The journal's author is anonymous. There are missing entries between 30 August 1607 and 18 February 1607 [New Style date 18 February 1608].The journal mentions that the
Hectorpasses the following places: Island of Silvage [Salvage], Grand Canaries, Island of Cape Verde, Boa Wisto [Boa Vista], St Jago Island, Island of Mayo [Maio], coast of Guynea [Guinea], bay of Ethiopia, Malagueta (west coast of Africa), Island of Fernando Lorania [Fernando de Noronha], Cape St Augustine, Antillas [Antilles], Island of Nova Spaggna, Abrollioes [Abrolhos Archipelago], Cape de Buenea Esperanza [Cape of Good Hope], Sera Leona [Sierra Leone], coast of Madagascar, Island of John of Nova [Juan de Nova], and the coast of Mosanbique.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information including preparation of the course in England, course, wind, watercourse, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor or sailing near shore, the entries consist of general remarks. The remarks include sightings of reports of merchants (f 4); opinion of the author regarding the voyage (ff 8-10); issues with the crew and punishment (f 11); experience of Serra Leona and the native and Portuguese merchants (ff 14-15). The Journal mentions John Huighen Van Linschoten's book several times as a guide for the voyage (folios 6, 7, and 12). It also mentions the experiences of Francis Derek and Captain Cardish in Mayo, Serra Leona and Cape Verde (f 13). The author cites in Latin a fragment of the Enid [
The Aeneid] by Virgil (f 11).The Journal also mentions some officers and crew of the
Dragon,
Hectorand
Admiralships. In addition, the journal mentions Sir William Romney, Governor of the East India Company; William Greenwell, Deputy of the Company; Captain William Keeling; Captain Hawkins; Captain David Middleton; and Sir James Lancaster.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 19; 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: Fragment Journal of part of a journey on the third voyage of the East India Company on the
Hectorfrom Dellisha [Qalansiyah], a port town on the north coast of Socotra, to Surett [Surat], under Captain William Hawkins.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information including preparation of the course in England, course, wind, watercourse, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor or sailing near shore, the entries consist of 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 6; 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
Europe, kept by Second Mate Humphrey Bryant. The journal covers the Europe's voyage from England to Gombaron [Bandar Abbas] and Bombay [Mumbai] (all dates are those of arrival): 17 January 1705, Downs; 7 May 1705, Table Bay, Cape; 25 June 1705, Johana [Anjouan, Comoros]; 30 July 1705, Gombaron; 13 October 1705, Bombay; 4 November 1705, Surratt [Surat]; 21 December 1705, Bombay; 3 January 1706, Goe [Goa]; 6 January 1706, Carwar [Karwar]; 17 January 1706, Mangalor [Mangaluru]; 19 February 1706, Mulcah [Mulki]; 26 February 1706, Basalor; 4 March 1706, Carwar; 7 March 1706, Goe; 19 March 1706, Bombay; 15 April 1706, Surratt; 4 May 1706, Bombay; 11 November 1706, Gomroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 30 January 1707, Bombay; 21 February 1707, Surratt; 26 February 1707, Bombay; 11 May 1707, Mouritias [Mauritius]; 13 October 1707, Table Bay, Cape; 24 December 1707, St Helena; 12 September 1708, Stokes Bay, Portsmouth; 1 October 1708, Deptford.The journal consists of daily entries in six columns: Hours, Knots, Fathoms, Course, Winds, and a general remarks column. In this final column are the day and date, notes on weather, wind, land bearings, ship sightings, ship maintenance and rigging, and other miscellaneous matters. Navigational data is also given. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Notes deemed significant enough are repeated in the margins.From the 28 December 1706 (folio 93) the handwriting style changes noticeably. This is about the time the Commander of the ship, Captain John Pocock, falls ill and dies, which would have brought about changes in crew responsibilities that may have resulted in a new journal keeper. The fact that Bryant refers to himself as captain in the title suggests he was promoted to that position at this time.Between the 4 April and 3 August 1708 there are no entries.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 111; 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,
Berkeley Castle, kept by Philip Leigh, Chief Mate (Captain John Consett). The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Sumatra, India, and Persia (dates given are those of arrival): 25 July 1686, Prio Bay [Praia]; 19 October 1686, Cape [of Good Hope]; 29 December 1686, Bancola Road [Bengkulu]; 11 January 1687, Indrapora Bay [Indrapura]; 25 April 1687, Achine Road [Aceh]; 6 July 1687, Ballisore Road [Balasore]; 9 April 1688, Bombay [Mumbai]; 23 August 1688, Muscatt [Muscat]; 2 September 1688, Gomberoone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 7 December 1688, Bombay; 29 October 1689, Mauritious [Mauritius]; 9 January 1690, Cape; 14 February 1690, St Helena; 26 May 1690, the Downs.The journal consists of daily entries containing the date, and notes on wind, weather, land bearings, courses, depths, distances travelled, navigational data, rigging, ship maintenance, and other more general remarks. When the ship is at anchor notes are made once every few days only, sometimes not at all. Names of deceased crew members are noted in the margins, as well as being mentioned in the main entry.Inserted in the middle of the volume (folio 47) is a sheet from a different ship's log book. The entry is from 9-10 January in Saldinia Bay [Saldanha Bay] but it is not clear from what year or from what ship.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 106; 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
Princess Charlottefrom England to Madras, Bengal, Bombay, and Mocha, and back (Captain Charles Elton Prescott), 6 January 1798-5 November 1800: left Portsmouth, 24 March 1798; 30 May 1798, Cape of Good Hope; 18 August 1798, Madras; 26 September 1798, Calcutta; 14 December 1798, Sauger [Saugor]; 31 January 1799, Goa; 19 February 1799, Bombay; 1 May 1799, Mocha; 7 May 1799, Babelmandel [Bab el Mandeb]; 2 June 1799, Mocha; 16 June 1799, Babelmandel; 31 July 1799, Mocha; 18 September 1799, Bombay; 25 November 1799, Diamond Harbour; 5 January 1800, Saugor; 25 April 1800, Cape of Good Hope; 7 June 1800, St Helena; 23 September 1800, Downs.The ship was at Mocha (three times) and Bab el Mandeb (twice) from 1 May to 25 August 1799.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, C Elton Prescott' (folio 1).Marked 'Received 1 October 1800' (folio 1), relating to folios 1-177 (to 27 September 1800), and '2 Sheets Reced 10 Novr. 1800' (folio 178), relating to folios 178-181 (28 September-5 November 1800).The Journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds etc., and Remarks (with a column also for courses and bearings for parts of the voyage). When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only ('harbour logs'). The Journal records navigational information; weather; contact with other East India Company ships as part of a fleet, and in harbour; contact with country ships; contact with His Majesty's ships, in convoy and elsewhere; sightings of other vessels, punishments inflicted on crewmembers and soldiers; the cleaning and maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship, a birth at sea; deaths at sea; the delivery of the Company's cargo; private trade; and general remarks.The Journal also includes the following supplementary papers: list of officers and seamen etc. on board the
Princess Charlotte, giving number, date when entered, names, stations, and date dead, run or discharged (folios 2-3); Journal entry for 21 November 1799 (folio 4); list of officers, soldiers, women, etc. embarked by order of Rear Admiral Rainier from the ship
Thetison board the Honourable Company's armed ship
Princess Charlotteat sea, 8 February 1799, and disembarked at Bombay, 20 February 1799, giving numbers, and names and rank etc. (folios 6-7); list of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of HM 84th Regiment of Foot, embarked aboard the
Princess Charlotteat Bombay, 2 April 1799, and disembarked at Babelmandel [Bab el Mandeb] Island, 8 May 1799, giving number, and names and rank etc. (folio 7); list of the Honourable Company's Artillery embarked on board the
Princess Charlotteat Bombay, 2 April 1799, and disembarked 9 May 1799 at Babelmandel Island, giving number, and names and rank etc. (folios 7-8); list of passengers from England for India, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folio 10); list of the Honourable Company's Artillery passengers for Bengal (including women and children), giving number, date embarked, names, and date disembarked (folio 10); list of detachment of His Majesty's 12th Regiment of Foot, passengers for Madras, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folios 10-11); list of detachment of HM troops, passengers for Madras, received on board at Simeon's Bay [Simon's Town], Cape of Good Hope, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folio 11); and list of passengers from Bengal homeward bound, embarked 23 January 1800, went on shore at Dover, 23 September 1800 (folio 11).The record is part of a volume containing four separate log books:
Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1796-97 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245A);
Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1798-1800 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245B);
Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1801-03 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245C);
Princess Charlotte: Deck Log, 1819-20 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245D).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 181; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Blessingfrom Poullambin Point [Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia] to Surrat [Surat] and England, 1631-33 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Poullambin Point, 16 August 1631; 28 November 1631 Swalley Hole [Suvali, Surat]; 26 February 1631 [New Style date 26 February 1632], Gombroone [Bandar Abbas]; 8 April 1632, Suvali; July 1632, Morushes [Mauritius]; 12 November 1632, Cape of Good Hope; 10 December 1632, Santaleena [St Helena]; 22 April 1633, the Downs.The ship was at Mauritius from July to October 1632.Inscribed on the front (inner) cover of the volume: 'The Blessing', and 'Name of the Ship does not appear' (folio 2).The journal contains regular dated entries, with navigational readings and notes in the left hand margin.The journal records: navigational information; weather; references to the other ships with which the
Blessingsailed in convoy; and sightings of Dutch ships.The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) dates only.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. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 30-40, which have not been digitised. Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence.
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: The volume is part of the Marine Department Records Ships' Journals. It contains fragments of the first leaf of Captain William Keeling's journal composed in 1607 on board of the
Dragon. The fragment covers the ship's outward voyage from the Downs and Plymouth. The
Dragonmade a voyage from England to Bantam and back in 1607-09, including a visit to Socotra in April 1608.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 2; 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.Condition: the folio is badly damaged, with several holes, resulting in loss of text.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Red Dragon(Captain William Keeling), kept by John Hearne and William Finche. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Sierra Leona [Sierra Leone], Madagascar, and Zokatora [Socotra]. The ship's passage from Zokatora to Bantam [Banten] is not covered by the journal. Dates of landing are as follows: 15 April 1607, Plymouth; 6 August 1607, Sierra Leona; 18 December 1607, Saldania [Saldanha]; 19 February 1608, St Augustine Bay, Madagascar; 21 April 1608, Zokatora.The journal consists of almost daily entries with information such as course, winds, weather, navigational data, land sightings, and other general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries tend to be longer, with details of geography, people encountered, trade, and other miscellaneous information. The margin contains names of the deceased and, written in a different hand and probably made a later date, notes on the main text. Throughout the volume there are small pen sketches of islands and coastlines observed on the voyage (folios 6, 8, 16, 19, 23, 24, 25).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 47; 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 34-46, which have not been digitised.
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.