'Blessing : Journal, Andrew Warden'

Title:

'Blessing : Journal, Andrew Warden'

Date:

1630/1633

Description:

Journal of the voyage of the Blessingfrom England to Surett [Surat], and back, 16 March 1629 [New Style date 16 March 1630] to 30 April 1633. The journal contains daily entries with date and annotations in the margin.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the ballasting, supplying, and provisioning of the ship; the maintenance of the ship; transport of East India Company officers and soldiers; details of the other ships with which the Blessingsailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of country ships and other vessels; occasional remarks on encounters with birds, fish, and other marine animals; commodities carried; private trade; deaths of crewmembers; and general remarks.1 file (93 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 97; 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 86-95, which have not been digitised.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships logs
Trade (practice)
Weather
Marine navigation

Geographic region:

Surett
Cape of Good Hope

Extent:

1 file (93 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000339_ar
81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000339_en
IOR/L/MAR/A/LVI

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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