Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the
Discoveryfrom England to Mocha and back, 1700-02 [Captain John Evans]. The
Discoverywas at Mocha from 27 May to 25 August, and at Succatra [Socotra] from 9 to 17 October.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information under the following column headings: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Wind, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor, or sailing near shore, the entries consist of general remarks.The remarks include sightings of other vessels, contact with other English ships, availability of ports (folio 55), and news of the death of King William III (folio 67).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 68; 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 69-90, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal (compiled by Samuel Goodman) of the voyage of the
Martha, from England to Bombay (Captain Thomas Raynes [Raines]), 1700-02. The
Marthawas at Gombroon (variously spelled) [Bandar Abbas] from 10 July to 27 September 1701.Inscribed within volume: 'Jurnell in ye Shipp Martha By mee Samel. Goodman 1700.' (folio 1).The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, commodities carried, and general remarks.There are also numerous rough sketches of stretches of coastline, including one depicting 'Gommeroone Mountaine' on folio 112.The entry for 27 October 1700 includes a description and sketch of a 'sea duck' (folio 43).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 140; 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 Journal records the voyage of the frigate
Chambersfrom England to the Bay of Bengal and Surratt [Surat], and back, 1695-99 (Captain Thomas South), including a voyage from Surat to Mocha and back, in March-September 1698.The Journal consists of daily entries concerning navigation, winds, weather, contact with other vessels, deaths of crewmembers and slaves, commodities, and some 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 96; 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
Charles IIfrom England to Surratt [Surat] and Persia, and back, 1695-98 (Captain John Dorrill). The ship visited Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] three times, and Muscat twice, between 28 March and 16 October 1697.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 103; 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
Loyal Bliss(also spelled
Loyall Bless) from England to Bombay and back [Captain Robert Hudson], 1700-04, including a voyage from Surratt [Surat] to Persia in 1702. The
Loyal Blisswas at Gombroone [Bandar Abbas] from 29 June to 9 October 1702.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information (entered under the column headings H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Co. [Course], Wind), weather, news of war with the French (folio 66), and general remarks.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and are located in the bottom 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: A copy of a memorandum on trade between Great Britain and Persia [Iran], and competition from trade between Russia and Persia, by Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire [Būshehr]. The memorandum was enclosed in a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company of 13 April 1809, and was received via James Justinian Morier on 5 December 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Note on trade in the Persian Gulf by the Board of Trade, divided into the following sections:a) General (revised to 26 July 1928);b) Koweit [Kuwait] and Muscat (revised to 26 July 1928);c) The position of British Trade in the Gulf (to 30 June 1928).Section 'a' discusses the counterbalance of the German and Russian threat to British trade ascendency, the impact of economic autonomy in Persia, and the extinction of Turkish sovereignty in the Persian Gulf. It includes a table providing statistics on the proportion of Persian trade as divided between the chief participating countries, with analysis of the proportions of trade, and the amount of which is oil. Additional figures for shipping are provided. The advantages for the provision of railway communication in terms of trade are also given.Section 'b' provides figures for trade and shipping in Kuwait and Muscat covering 1925-27.Section 'c' covers the British trade position, and whether a political move such as a formal reassertion of interest in the Gulf by His Majesty's Government would present any advantage. Tables provide import and export figures for the United Kingdom 1926-27, and the value of imports into Persia and Iraq 1925-27.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 73, and terminates at f 74, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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: A memorandum in which correspondence and official reports are reproduced to give an account of the events, rumours and denials surrounding Italian interest in the area of the Somali coast around the Bay of Assab and the islands lying nearby; assurances are sought and received from the Italian Government that they have no military intentions at the Bay of Assab, and that they intend only to establish a trading post there. A report written by the Assistant to the Resident at Aden is reproduced in full, noting the great potential of the Bay of Assab in time of war. The memorandum concludes by re-stating Italian denials of military intentions. The memorandum is written by Arthur William Moore.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at folio 5, and terminates at folio 21, as it is part of a larger volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Volume containing extracts from journals kept by Captain Thomas Best during various voyages between 1612 and 1617.Folios 2-4 cover a voyage aboard the
Hosianderfrom Surat, India, to Achene [Banda Aceh, Indonesia], January 1612 [New Style date 1613]-April 1613.Folios 6-8 contain an account of a voyage aboard the
Lionfrom the Cape of Good Hope to Surat, June-October 1615.Folios 9-10 contain an account of a voyage aboard the
Hosianderfrom Daman, India, to Surat, September 1612.Folios 11-18 contain instructions for sailing from England to Indonesia.Folios 20-53 cover a voyage aboard the
Jamesfrom England to Surat, March 1615 [New Style date 1616]-September 1616, from Surat to Jasquet [Bandar-e Jask, Iran] and back, November 1616-February 1616 [New Style date 1617], and from Surat to Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia], March-July 1617.The extracts contain information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 53; 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: This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book:
Persia and the Persian Question. The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the
Scottish Geographical Magazineand the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; 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 part of the volume consists of a memorandum by Sir Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad], on the commerce of the Persian Gulf, written in response to Colonel John Malcolm's letter to the Governor-General of India on the same subject.Physical description: 1 item (16 folios)
Abstract: The volume consists of a summary of the original journal of William Keeling concerning the Third Voyage of the East India Company to India, 1607-10. The summary was probably drawn up by an East India Company scribe in London. The extracts relate to Keeling's service as Captain successively of the
Dragon, 1607-08, and the
Hector, 1608-09. Keeling instructed the
Dragonto set sail for England on 23 November 1608 (folio 4).The two ships concerned were the
Dragon[full title the
Red Dragon]: voyage to Bantam, 1607-09 (Captain William Keeling, later Gabriell Towerson), and
Hector:voyage to Surat and Bantam (Captain William Hawkins, later William Keeling), 1607-10.The
Dragonleft the Downs on 12 April 1607; reached Saldania [Saldanha, Cape of Good Hope] on 17 December 1607, anchored at Abderacaria [Abd al Kuri, Socotra] on 25 April 1608, was at Priaman [Pariaman, Indonesia] in July 1608, and was at Bantam [Banten, Indonesia] from October to November 1608. The
Hectorwas at Banda [the Banda Islands] from February 1608 [New Style date February 1609] to August 1609, and at Bantam from August to October 1609.Note on front cover: '12 March 1606/7. Dragon, Consent, Hector' and '1606/7. 3Voyage' (folio 2).Inscribed: 'The princepall notes of the third voyadge [sic] to the East Indies by William Keelinge [Keeling] Governor Begunne the 12th of March Ann. Domino 1607' (folio 3).The summary covers: general navigational information; winds; the provisioning of the ship; descriptions of trading activity; commodities traded (especially pepper, spices, and cloth); references to Dutch trading activity; and general remarks.The decision to establish an English factory at Bantam, with Augustine Spaulding as Chief Factor, is described on folio 5.The dates of the entries (where indicated) are Old Style (Julian calendar).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 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.