'Clove: Journals on Clove (21 Feb 1617-15 Jun 1617, John Munden), Hector (28 Feb 1614-13 Jun 1615, John Munden, mate) and New Year's Gift (30 Jun 1614-16 Oct 1614, George Downton?)'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Clove: Journals on Clove (21 Feb 1617-15 Jun 1617, John Munden), Hector (28 Feb 1614-13 Jun 1615, John Munden, mate) and New Year's Gift (30 Jun 1614-16 Oct 1614, George Downton?)'
- Date:
- 1614/1617
- Description:
- Journal of the voyage of the Hector, Solomon, and New Year’s Giftfrom England to Bantam [Banten], Java, 28 February 1613 [New Style date 28 February 1614] to 15 June 1617, written by John Munden of the Hectorship. The journal contains daily entries with monthly columns. There are brief entries for the year 1616. The journal doesn't mention which ships returned.The journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information under the following column headings: latitude, leagues, course, wind, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor or sailing near shore, the entries consist of general remarks.Notable places mentioned include the following: Delisha (a port town on the coast of Socotra), Suratt [Surat], the coast of India, Summatra [Sumatra], and Java.The journal mentions the cargo, e.g. pepper on the Hector(f 22). Also included are drawings of the Cape of Degulias [Cape Agulhas], Cape Falsa [False Bay], and the Cape of Good Hope (ff 26-27).1 volume (38 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 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.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Ships logs
Trade (practice)
Weather - Geographic region:
- Surett
Cape of Good Hope
Bantam
Socotra - Extent:
- 1 volume (38 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001b3_ar
81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001b3_en
IOR/L/MAR/A/XX - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers