Sunderland: Journal
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Sunderland: Journal
- Date:
- 1720/1722
- Description:
- Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Sunderlandfrom England to Mocha and back (Captain William Hutchinson), 9 November 1720-10 April 1722 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 26 December 1720; 2 April 1721, the Cape [Cape of Good Hope]; 10 June 1721, Mocha; 15 August 1721, Goa; 5 September 1721, Cochin [Kochi]; 15 December 1721, St Hellena [St Helena]; 24 March 1721 [Old Style]/24 March 1722 [New Style], Woolwich.Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journall of the Shipp Sunderland, Wm. Hutchinson, 18 April 1722' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Course; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the ballasting, supplying, and provisioning of the ship; the maintenance of the ship; details of the other ships with which the Sunderlandsailed in convoy; sightings of country ships and other vessels; commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha); conveyance of Company letters; and references to private trade.The journal also includes a list of officers and seamen on board the Sunderland, consisting of six columns recording the following information, where applicable: men's names; number; run [deserted]; discharged; dead; and year, month, day, and place where (folios 2-3).The journal is double-dated where necessary, giving both Old and New Style dates.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books: Sunderland: Journal, 1720-22 (IOR/L/MAR/B/675A), and Sunderland: Journal, 1723-25 (IOR/L/MAR/B/675B).1 file (72 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 72; 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Ships
Ships logs
Sailors
Coffee
Trade (practice)
Marine navigation
Weather - Geographic region:
- Mocha
- Extent:
- 1 file (72 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000010_ar
81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000010_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/675A - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers