Rooke: Journal
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Rooke: Journal
- Date:
- 1699/1702
- Description:
- Journal of the voyage of the Rooke(also spelled Rook), from England to Suratt [Surat] and China (Captain George Symons, also spelled Simmonds and Simmons), 1699-1702. The Rookewas at Gumberoon (also referred to as Bunderrabassa) [Bandar Abbas] from 12-29 December 1701.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, contact with English ships, sightings of other vessels, and general remarks.The Journal includes a sketch of the ship in the harbour at Maderas [Madeira] (folio 4), a report of an incident of piracy (folio 6), the report that a crewmember had apparently drowned himself (folio 13), sketches of seabirds and whales (folios 14-15), a sketch of the ship in a storm (folio 16), a sketch of a Maldive boat (folio 25), a sketch of the ship at Quylon [Quilon] (folio 27), sketches of coastline, a sketch of the ship at Carwarr [Karwar] (folio 29), a sketch of the ship at Goa (folio 30), a descriptive account entitled 'Some Descriptions of the Kingdom of China' (folios 48-49), and a description of Bandar Abbas (folios 80-81).1 volume (132 folios)The entries are recorded in 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 87; 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 88-125, which have not been digitised.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Ships logs
Weather
Marine navigation
Trade (practice) - Geographic region:
- Gumberoon
- Extent:
- 1 volume (132 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001320.0x00002c_ar
81055/vdc_100000001320.0x00002c_en
IOR/L/MAR/A/CXXXIII - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers