'Trades Increase: Journal, Benjamin Green, factor'

Title:

'Trades Increase: Journal, Benjamin Green, factor'

Date:

1610/1612

Description:

Fragment of a journal kept by Benjamin Green of the sixth voyage of the East India Company ship the Trades Increase(Captain Henry Middleton). The journal starts on 15 November 1610 in Moha [Mocha] and ends at Bantam [Banten] on 22 December 1612.The journal consists of monthly entries with information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations. The journal relates different events that happened during the voyage; trade relations with the Aga of Moha and working trade relations with different Agas in the Redde [Red] Sea; information of the capture of the captain and the crew around Zenan [San’a]; sightings of other vessels, and contact with other English ships, like the Peppercorn; interaction with the native populations, and general remarks. On the last folio of the journal (f 20) there is a fragment from a play, in different handwriting.Notable places: Mecca, Medina, Yeamen [Yemen], Aden, Siam, Zenan, Moha, Succatra [Socotra], Surat, and Bantam.1 volume (20 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 23; 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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships logs
Marine navigation
Trade (practice)
Weather
Play scripts

Geographic region:

Mocha
Zenan
Succatra
Aden

Extent:

1 volume (20 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001ab_ar
81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001ab_en
IOR/L/MAR/A/XII

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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