Drake: Journal
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Drake: Journal
- Date:
- 1724/1726
- Description:
- Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Drakefrom England to Mocha, Yemen, November 1724-May 1725, from Mocha to Bombay [Mumbai, India], August 1725, from Bombay to Anjanga [Anchuthengu, India] and back, September-December 1725, and from Bombay to Surat, India, January 1725 [New Style date 1726] (Captain William Westerbane).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.1 item (57 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the item.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 57; 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Ships logs
Marine navigation
Weather
Trade (practice) - Geographic region:
- Mocho
- Extent:
- 1 item (57 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0001f6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000179.0x0001f6_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/578B - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers