Journal of the
Recovery[originally known as the
Eaton]. The Journal covers the ship's voyage to Madras and Calcutta (Captain Joseph Beale): 4 March 1712, Porto Sancto [Porto Santo, Madeira]; 17 May 1712, [Cape of Good Hope]; 29 July 1712, Maddrass [Madras]; 29 September 1712, Ballasore [Balasore]; 3 November 1712, Calcutta; 24 January 1713, leaves Calcutta; 22 March 1713, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 18 May 1713, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 27 August 1713, Madras; 26 September 1713, Rogues River, near Balasore; 22 January 1714, Madras; 15 May 1714, Cape of Good Hope; 16 June 1714, St Helena; 16 September 1714, Deptford.Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journall p[er] Recovery. Richard Heathfield. 15 Octo[ber] 1714'.The log book contains daily entries in eight columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Remarks], H [Hour], and Weather; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The log provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and general remarks. Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style and New Style years.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Eaton: Journal, Richard Heathfield, Chief Mate, 1712-14 (folios 4-162, IOR/L/MAR/B/106B);
Recovery: Deck Log, 1830-31 (folios 163-247, IOR/L/MAR/B/106C); and
Recovery: Deck Log, 1832-33 (folios 248-338, IOR/L/MAR/B/106D).1 file (159 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 341; 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 volume contains two separate pagination sequences, between ff 168-247 and between ff 251-338. These numbers are printed and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side and the top left corner of the verso side of each folio.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Loyal Cooke(written in the journal as the Loyall Cooke) from England to China, Madras [Chennai] and Bengal (Captain Richard Bolton), 4 February 1703/4 to 12 October 1707. The
Loyal Cookedeparted from the Downs on 4 February 1703/4, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 23 June 1704, Batavia [Jakarta]; 8 August 1704, Emoy [Xiamen]; 20 February 1704/5, Malacca; 29 April 1705, Madras; 27 July 1705, Ballasore [Balashore]; 9 October 1705, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 29 January 1705/6, Callicutt [Kozhikode]; 31 March 1706, Gombron [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 18 July 1706, Madras; 10 January 1707, Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope]; 8 September 1707, Texell [Texel]; 12 October 1707, Deptford.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.1 file (130 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 130; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Ledger of the
Discovery(Captain John Evans), to accompany her voyage from England to Mocha and back, 1700-02.The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crewmembers.There is a list of the ship's crew on folio 10.1 volume (51 folios)There is an alphabetical index of names on folios 4-9, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original foliation.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 41; 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 42-51, which have not been digitised.
Ledger of the East India Company ship the
Severn[Captain Joseph Collier/Richard Dorrell]. The ledger appears to be for the ship's first voyage, which was from England to Batavia [Jakarta] and back, since all of the entries cover the period 1742-1744, with the exception of one entry dated January 1757, which notes a payment into the Company's Treasury.The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crew members, including details of fees paid to Greenwich hospital (this was a hospital in the older sense of the word, serving as a home for retired sailors).Also included in the ledger is a piece of blotting paper (folio 58).1 volume (69 folios)There is a roughly alphabetical index of names on folios 3-8, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original pagination.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; 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 printed pagination sequence.
Ledger of the
Montagu(Captain John Caulier), to accompany her voyage to Surrat [Surat], 1699-1702. The ship called at Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] in November 1700.The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crewmembers.There is a list of the ship's crew, giving 'quality' [rank or occupation], and account of the two months' imprest paid [advance of wages] on folios 10-11.There are lists of personal goods on folio 53 (dated 15 June 1700), and folios 63-64 (including the effects of Henry Cook, died 30 November 1699).1 volume (94 folios)There is an alphabetical index of names on folios 4-10, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original foliation.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; 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 75-94, which have not been digitised.
Fragment of a journal, describing part of a journey on the third voyage of the East India Company on the
Hector, from England to Mosanbique [Mozambique], under Captain William Hawkins. The journal's author is anonymous. There are missing entries between 30 August 1607 and 18 February 1607 [New Style date 18 February 1608].The journal mentions that the
Hectorpasses the following places: Island of Silvage [Salvage], Grand Canaries, Island of Cape Verde, Boa Wisto [Boa Vista], St Jago Island, Island of Mayo [Maio], coast of Guynea [Guinea], bay of Ethiopia, Malagueta (west coast of Africa), Island of Fernando Lorania [Fernando de Noronha], Cape St Augustine, Antillas [Antilles], Island of Nova Spaggna, Abrollioes [Abrolhos Archipelago], Cape de Buenea Esperanza [Cape of Good Hope], Sera Leona [Sierra Leone], coast of Madagascar, Island of John of Nova [Juan de Nova], and the coast of Mosanbique.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information including preparation of the course in England, course, wind, watercourse, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor or sailing near shore, the entries consist of general remarks. The remarks include sightings of reports of merchants (f 4); opinion of the author regarding the voyage (ff 8-10); issues with the crew and punishment (f 11); experience of Serra Leona and the native and Portuguese merchants (ff 14-15). The Journal mentions John Huighen Van Linschoten's book several times as a guide for the voyage (folios 6, 7, and 12). It also mentions the experiences of Francis Derek and Captain Cardish in Mayo, Serra Leona and Cape Verde (f 13). The author cites in Latin a fragment of the Enid [
The Aeneid] by Virgil (f 11).The Journal also mentions some officers and crew of the
Dragon,
Hectorand
Admiralships. In addition, the journal mentions Sir William Romney, Governor of the East India Company; William Greenwell, Deputy of the Company; Captain William Keeling; Captain Hawkins; Captain David Middleton; and Sir James Lancaster.1 volume (19 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 19; 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.
Fragment Journal of part of a journey on the third voyage of the East India Company on the
Hectorfrom Dellisha [Qalansiyah], a port town on the north coast of Socotra, to Surett [Surat], under Captain William Hawkins.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information including preparation of the course in England, course, wind, watercourse, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor or sailing near shore, the entries consist of general remarks.1 volume (2 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 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Ledger of the
Arabia Factor(Captain Abraham Jackson), to accompany her voyage to Mocha, 1701-03.The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crewmembers.There is a list of the ship's crew, giving quality [rank] and wages on folio 71.The volume also contains miscellaneous (inserted) accounting papers relating to certain other East India Company ships, circa 1711-15, on folios 4-64, and folios 120-121. These papers include: passenger property lists (folios 4-5); lists of wages; notes and calculations; lists of ships; accounting and wages records of the ships
Tankervile[
Tankerville],
Aurengzeb,
Hallifax[
Halifax],
Kathrine[
Katherine],
Abington,
Mary,
Howland,
Montague,
Toddington,
Success,
Rochester,and
Sarum; certificates of the examination of goods (folios 49-63, passim); wages records of the
Arabia Merchantand
London; manifest of goods to be laden aboard the
Grantham; and wages records of the
St George(folios 120-121).1 volume (133 folios)There is an alphabetical index of names on folios 65-70, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original foliation.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 93; 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 94-133, which have not been digitised.
Ledger of the
Macclesfield(spelled 'Mackelsfield' in the volume's title) [Captain Thomas Roberts/John Hurle], to accompany her voyage from England to Bombay and back, 1701-02. The ship called at Muscat and Mocha in 1702.The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crewmembers.There is a list of the ship's crew on folios 10-11.1 volume (68 folios)There is an alphabetical index of names on folios 1-6, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original foliation.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 57; 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.
Ledger of the
Macclesfield(spelled 'Macclesfeild' in the volume's title) [Captain Thomas Roberts/John Hurle], to accompany her voyage from England to Bombay and back, 1701-02. The ship called at Muscat and Mocha in 1702.The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crewmembers.There is a list of the ship's crew, detailing wages per month and wages due, attached to folio 4, and a further list of the ship's crew, giving quality [rank] on folio 10.1 volume (58 folios)There is an alphabetical index of names on folios 4-9, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original foliation.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 45; 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 46-58, which have not been digitised.
Ledger of the
Rooke(Captain George Simmons), to accompany her voyage to Surratt [Surat] and China, 1699-1702. The ship called at Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] in December 1701.The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crewmembers.The ledger includes a list of the ship's crew, giving 'quality' [rank or occupation], and account of the two months' imprest paid [advance of wages], dated London, 21 July 1699 (folio 12r); a list of the ship's crew, giving quality, and account of river pay paid [a sum paid to the crews of ships that were ready to sail], dated Gravesend, August 1699 (folio 12v); a list of men entered on board the
Rookesince her arrival in the East Indies (folio 13r); and a list of all the men that are dead, run, and discharged from the
Rooke(folios 13-14).1 volume (65 folios)There is an alphabetical index of names on folios 4-10, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original foliation.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 67; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
This item consists of extracts from letters from the Secretary to the Governor-General regarding the request from the East India Company's Broker at Muscat to allow the import of salt from Muscat to Bangal [Bengal]. In addition, the letter mentions some information regarding French and Dutch merchants in Muscat. The item contains four different extracts: an extract of a political letter from Bombay dated 31 July 1797; an extract of a Bombay Political Consultation dated 30 September 1796; a translated letter from Narotum Ramchunder Josfsey, Broker at Muscat, to the Honourable Governor; an extract of a Bombay Political Consultation dated 25 November 1796; an extract of a letter from the Secretary of the Governor-General; an extract of a Bombay Political Consultation, 4 August 1797; an extract of a letter to Narotum Ramchunder Jofsey, Broker at Muscat.1 item (9 folios)The contents of the item have been arranged chronologically from the front to the rear.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 141, and terminates at f 150, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The item consists of correspondence regarding the situation in Muscat after the death in 1804 of the Imam Syed Sultan [Sultan bin Ahmad Al Bu Sa’id] and efforts to counter the naval activities of the Joasmee [Al-Qasimi] in the Gulf. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the capture by the Joasmee of two British ships, the
Shannonand the
Trimmer, and the eventual return of the
Trimmeras part of a truce.Other topics covered include:· An attempted coup by Syed Gheiss [Qais bin Ahmad Al Bu Sa’id], the brother of the late Imam· An Omani expedition to recover Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] from Mullah Hussain [Molla Husayn], ruler of Kishem [Qeshm]· The establishment of a permanent Residency at Muscat.The correspondence consists mainly of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat. The other correspondents are: Mullah Hussain; Syed Gheiss; the Resident at Bussora [Basra]; the Resident at Bushire; Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi], Emir of Sharjah; and Syed Beder [Badr bin Saif Al Bu Sa’id], Regent of Oman.The bulk of the item dates from the years 1805 and 1806, the earlier date range includes copies of the Anglo-Omani Agreement of 1798 and an amendment to it from 1800 (ff 17-19).1 item (89 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 2, and terminates at f 90, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Journal of the voyage of the
Princess Charlottefrom England to Madras, Bengal, Bombay, and Mocha, and back (Captain Charles Elton Prescott), 6 January 1798-5 November 1800: left Portsmouth, 24 March 1798; 30 May 1798, Cape of Good Hope; 18 August 1798, Madras; 26 September 1798, Calcutta; 14 December 1798, Sauger [Saugor]; 31 January 1799, Goa; 19 February 1799, Bombay; 1 May 1799, Mocha; 7 May 1799, Babelmandel [Bab el Mandeb]; 2 June 1799, Mocha; 16 June 1799, Babelmandel; 31 July 1799, Mocha; 18 September 1799, Bombay; 25 November 1799, Diamond Harbour; 5 January 1800, Saugor; 25 April 1800, Cape of Good Hope; 7 June 1800, St Helena; 23 September 1800, Downs.The ship was at Mocha (three times) and Bab el Mandeb (twice) from 1 May to 25 August 1799.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, C Elton Prescott' (folio 1).Marked 'Received 1 October 1800' (folio 1), relating to folios 1-177 (to 27 September 1800), and '2 Sheets Reced 10 Novr. 1800' (folio 178), relating to folios 178-181 (28 September-5 November 1800).The Journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds etc., and Remarks (with a column also for courses and bearings for parts of the voyage). When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only ('harbour logs'). The Journal records navigational information; weather; contact with other East India Company ships as part of a fleet, and in harbour; contact with country ships; contact with His Majesty's ships, in convoy and elsewhere; sightings of other vessels, punishments inflicted on crewmembers and soldiers; the cleaning and maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship, a birth at sea; deaths at sea; the delivery of the Company's cargo; private trade; and general remarks.The Journal also includes the following supplementary papers: list of officers and seamen etc. on board the
Princess Charlotte, giving number, date when entered, names, stations, and date dead, run or discharged (folios 2-3); Journal entry for 21 November 1799 (folio 4); list of officers, soldiers, women, etc. embarked by order of Rear Admiral Rainier from the ship
Thetison board the Honourable Company's armed ship
Princess Charlotteat sea, 8 February 1799, and disembarked at Bombay, 20 February 1799, giving numbers, and names and rank etc. (folios 6-7); list of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of HM 84th Regiment of Foot, embarked aboard the
Princess Charlotteat Bombay, 2 April 1799, and disembarked at Babelmandel [Bab el Mandeb] Island, 8 May 1799, giving number, and names and rank etc. (folio 7); list of the Honourable Company's Artillery embarked on board the
Princess Charlotteat Bombay, 2 April 1799, and disembarked 9 May 1799 at Babelmandel Island, giving number, and names and rank etc. (folios 7-8); list of passengers from England for India, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folio 10); list of the Honourable Company's Artillery passengers for Bengal (including women and children), giving number, date embarked, names, and date disembarked (folio 10); list of detachment of His Majesty's 12th Regiment of Foot, passengers for Madras, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folios 10-11); list of detachment of HM troops, passengers for Madras, received on board at Simeon's Bay [Simon's Town], Cape of Good Hope, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folio 11); and list of passengers from Bengal homeward bound, embarked 23 January 1800, went on shore at Dover, 23 September 1800 (folio 11).The record is part of a volume containing four separate log books:
Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1796-97 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245A);
Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1798-1800 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245B);
Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1801-03 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245C);
Princess Charlotte: Deck Log, 1819-20 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245D).1 file (181 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 181; 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.
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.
This volume consists of a journal kept by Richard Swanley of journeys on board the East India Company ships the
Jonasand the
Lyon[
Lion].The journal contains the following:Daily entries (although there are not entries for every day) mainly recording winds and the weather, and the course and progress of the shipMonthly tables recording the following: day of the month, course, leagues, winds, latitude, longitude, East or West, variation, and Easterly or Westerly (although again there are not entries for every day of the month, and there are not entries for every month).The volume includes Swanley’s journal for a journey from Tilbury to Surratt [Surat] (folios 6 to 24), with Swanley initially serving as Master’s Mate in the
Jonas, commanded by Captain John Weddell. The
Jonasset sail from Tilbury on 17 March 1620 [New Style date 1621], with the
Whaleand the
Dolphin, and was later joined by the
Lyon[
Lion]. Swanley records events including the ship anchoring at St Augustine’s Bay on 23 July 1621, and Swally [Suvali, near the city of Surat] on 26 September 1621, after which the ship anchored at Jasquis [Jask] on 14 November 1621, and Kishme [Qishm] on 23 January 1621 [1622]. The entries in this part of the journal are dated 19 March 1620 [1621] to 27 December 1622.This is followed by Swanley recording that they set sail from Qishm on 4 February 1621 [1622], and that on 7 February 1621 [1622], Swanley joined the
Lionat Combrom [Bandar Abbas, also spelled Combroom in this volume], bound for Surat, with the
Roseand the
Richard, anchoring near the Bar of Surat on 27 February 1621 [1622] (folios 25 to 26). The entries in this part of the journal are dated 4 February 1621 [1622] to 27 February 1621 [1622].Following this, Swanley records the journey from the Port of Swaley [Suvali, near Surat city, also spelled Swalley in this volume] to the Red Sea in the
Lion, accompanied by the
Roseand the
Richard, with five merchants, and back again to Suvali (folios 27 to 36). Swanley records events including leaving the Port of Suvali on 24 March 1621 [1622], Socratore [Socotra] being seen on 2 May 1622, land on the Coast of Arabia being seen on 22 May 1622, and the ship anchoring at Mocha on 9 June 1622. The entries in this part of the journal are dated 14 March 1621 [1622] to 27 December 1622.Swanley then records his journey from Surat to England in the
Jonas, with the
Londonand
Lion(folios 38 to 53). He records setting sail from the Port of Suvali on 18 December 1622, and other events such as the Comoro Islands being seen on 31 January 1622 [1623], and the ship anchoring at St Helena on 8 April 1623. The entries in this part of the journal are dated 18 December 1622 to 22 July 1623.The volume includes some annotations in pencil from a later date.1 volume (54 folios)The volume is mostly arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear; however some folios are not bound in chronological order within the volume (folio 15 should follow folio 11, folio 17 should follow folio 18, and folio 18 should precede folio 16).Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 56; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The volume is part of the Marine Department Records Ships' Journals. It contains fragments of the first leaf of Captain William Keeling's journal composed in 1607 on board of the
Dragon. The fragment covers the ship's outward voyage from the Downs and Plymouth. The
Dragonmade a voyage from England to Bantam and back in 1607-09, including a visit to Socotra in April 1608.1 volume (2 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 2; 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.Condition: the folio is badly damaged, with several holes, resulting in loss of text.
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.
This item consists of extracts from political letters received by officials of the Government of Bombay, containing enclosures regarding the political situation at Muscat following the death of the Imaum, Syed Sultaun [Sayyid Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa‘īd, also written in the correspondence as Seyud Sooltan and Said Sultan]. He lost his life on 13 November 1804 during a sea fight with Wahabee [Wahabi, also written as Wahaubee in the correspondence] forces in the Persian Gulf (written as Gulph throughout). Also covered are alleged depredations committed by Joasmee [Qāsimī, also written as Gausemee] pirates in the Gulf.The enclosures discuss the following: the Imaum's death; relations between Muscat and the East India Company (EIC); the security of trade in the Gulf following the Imaum's death; hostilities in Muscat (between the son and brother of the Imaum over control of the city); issues with Wahabee pirates; the succession of the Imaum and the implications for the East India Company; the supervision of the arrival of EIC ships; the question of how to resolve the unstable situation in the Gulf.The item includes statements by Captain Cumming of the
Trimmerand Captain Babcock of the
Shannondescribing the capture of both ships by Gulf pirates. Also included are instructions issued by Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the commanders of the
Antelope,the
Queenand the
Mornington, regarding their movements in the Gulf . In addition, the item includes a translation of a written engagement from the Imaum of Muscat, dated 1798 (ff 55-56) and an agreement between the Imaum and Captain John Malcolm, dated 1800 (f 57).1 item (57 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate 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 57, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
There is an original title on the front cover of the volume, but it is largely illegible; the title is taken from the rebound spine of the volume.Journal of the voyage of the
Mary(referred to as the 'Marie') from England to Surratt [Surat] (Captain James Slade), 1636-40: 14 April 1636, the Downes [Downs]; 12 July 1636, Cape Bonesperance [Cape of Good Hope]; 6 August 1636, Augusteene Bay [St Augustine's Bay]; 26 August 1636, Johanna [Anjouan]; 4 October 1636, Surat; 25 December 1636, Gombroone [Bandar Abbas]; 28 January 1637, Surat; 21 March 1637, Bandar Abbas; 26 April 1637, Surat; 18 May-13 September 1637, Bombay; 30 November 1637, St. Thomaye [St Thomé]; 16 January 1638, Pullecatt [Pulicat]; 31 January 1638, Callicutt [Calicut]; 12 February 1638, Goa; 4 March 1638, Surat; 14 May 1638, Moka [Mocha]; 23 August 1638, Aden; 24 September 1638, Surat; 5 May 1639, Cape Bonesperance [Cape of Good Hope]; forced back to St Augustine's Bay (arrives 3 July 1639); 29 December 1639, Downs.The Journal was kept by William Bayley. The
Marywas at Bandar Abbas from 25 to 26 December 1636, and 21 March to 11 April 1637, and at Mocha and Aden, between May and August 1638.The Journal contains daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, details of punishments inflicted on members of the crew for various offences, deaths of crewmembers, the provisioning of the ship, and general remarks.1 volume (100 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 95; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the middle top 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.Condition: the volume has suffered considerable damage at the edges of each folio, with consequent loss of the ends of many lines of text on the right-hand sides of the rectos, and the partial and complete loss of many entries in the left-hand margins of the versos.
Journal of the voyage of the
Maryfrom England to Surrat [Surat] (Captain Christopher Lyell), 1702-06: 22 August 1702, leaves Spithead; 16 January 1703, Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope]; 4 May 1703, Point de Galle; 17 January 1704, Cochin [Kochi]; 16 February 1704, Carwar [Karwar]; 5 March 1704, Bombay; 20 March 1704, Surat; 31 May 1704, Point de Galle; 1 November 1704, Bombay; 5 January 1705, Gambroon [Bandar Abbas]; 12 April 1705, Bombay; 17 April 1705, Surat; 4 November 1705, Bombay; 12 December 1705, Cochin; 27 February 1706, Cape of Good Hope; 15 July 1706, the Texell [Texel]; 17 August 1706, The Nore. The
Marywas at Bandar Abbas from 5 January to 28 March 1705.The first page of the Journal is headed: 'A Journal of my intended voyge [sic] by God's Permission in the good Ship MARY from ENGLAND towards SURRAT in the EAST INDIES: August the 14th: 1702' (folio 1).The Journal contains daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, and sightings of other ships.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Mary: Journal, 1702-06 (IOR/L/MAR/B/261A(1));
Mary: Journal, 1711-13 (IOR/L/MAR/B/261A(2)); and
Mary: Journal, 1717-19 (IOR/L/MAR/B/261B).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.
Journal of the voyage of the
Sceptrefrom England to Bombay, October 1695-April 1697, and from Bombay bound for Mocho [Mocha], April-June 1697 (Captain George Phenney).The Journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, general observations, and transcripts of relevant documents.Entries include: sailing instructions given by Captain Warren, Commander of His Majesty's Ship the
Windsor(folios 5-6); a list of the ship's officers, with an armorial seal (a cross moline within a border, an esquire's helmet, the crest a lion passant) against each name (folio 7); and instructions from the General and Council of Bombay, and commission to destroy and seize pirate vessels, 10 April 1697 (folios 26-27).1 volume (35 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 33; 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 ending flyleaves.
Journal of the voyage of the
Discoveryfrom England to Mocha and back, 1700-02 [Captain John Evans]. The
Discoverywas at Mocha from 27 May to 25 August, and at Succatra [Socotra] from 9 to 17 October.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information under the following column headings: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Wind, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor, or sailing near shore, the entries consist of general remarks.The remarks include sightings of other vessels, contact with other English ships, availability of ports (folio 55), and news of the death of King William III (folio 67).1 volume (90 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 68; 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 69-90, which have not been digitised.
Journal (compiled by Samuel Goodman) of the voyage of the
Martha, from England to Bombay (Captain Thomas Raynes [Raines]), 1700-02. The
Marthawas at Gombroon (variously spelled) [Bandar Abbas] from 10 July to 27 September 1701.Inscribed within volume: 'Jurnell in ye Shipp Martha By mee Samel. Goodman 1700.' (folio 1).The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, commodities carried, and general remarks.There are also numerous rough sketches of stretches of coastline, including one depicting 'Gommeroone Mountaine' on folio 112.The entry for 27 October 1700 includes a description and sketch of a 'sea duck' (folio 43).1 volume (144 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 140; 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.
The Journal records the voyage of the frigate
Chambersfrom England to the Bay of Bengal and Surratt [Surat], and back, 1695-99 (Captain Thomas South), including a voyage from Surat to Mocha and back, in March-September 1698.The Journal consists of daily entries concerning navigation, winds, weather, contact with other vessels, deaths of crewmembers and slaves, commodities, and some general remarks.1 volume (94 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 96; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the voyage of the
Charles IIfrom England to Surratt [Surat] and Persia, and back, 1695-98 (Captain John Dorrill). The ship visited Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] three times, and Muscat twice, between 28 March and 16 October 1697.The Journal consists of daily entries covering navigational information, winds, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and English men-of-war; sightings of other vessels, deaths of crewmembers, commodities carried, and general remarks.1 volume (101 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 103; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the voyage of the
Loyal Bliss(also spelled
Loyall Bless) from England to Bombay and back [Captain Robert Hudson], 1700-04, including a voyage from Surratt [Surat] to Persia in 1702. The
Loyal Blisswas at Gombroone [Bandar Abbas] from 29 June to 9 October 1702.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information (entered under the column headings H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Co. [Course], Wind), weather, news of war with the French (folio 66), and general remarks.1 volume (140 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 133; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and are located in the bottom 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.
Volume containing extracts from journals kept by Captain Thomas Best during various voyages between 1612 and 1617.Folios 2-4 cover a voyage aboard the
Hosianderfrom Surat, India, to Achene [Banda Aceh, Indonesia], January 1612 [New Style date 1613]-April 1613.Folios 6-8 contain an account of a voyage aboard the
Lionfrom the Cape of Good Hope to Surat, June-October 1615.Folios 9-10 contain an account of a voyage aboard the
Hosianderfrom Daman, India, to Surat, September 1612.Folios 11-18 contain instructions for sailing from England to Indonesia.Folios 20-53 cover a voyage aboard the
Jamesfrom England to Surat, March 1615 [New Style date 1616]-September 1616, from Surat to Jasquet [Bandar-e Jask, Iran] and back, November 1616-February 1616 [New Style date 1617], and from Surat to Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia], March-July 1617.The extracts contain information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.1 volume (59 folios)Each extract is recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 53; 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.
This item consists of correspondence and extracts of correspondence relating to the appointment and work of Mehedi [Mahdi - also written Mehedy] Ali Khan as Resident at Bushire. The correspondence consists mostly of political and commercial letters between the Government of Bombay and the Government of Bengal, but also includes communications from Ali Khan himself and the Governor of Bushire, Shaikh Nusser [Nasr Al-Madhkur].The papers mostly discuss the positive effect Ali Khan's appointment has had on the profits of the East India Company. Other matters include Ali Khan's visit to the court of the Persian King Baba Shah in 1799, the abandonment and subsequent re-establishment of the Company's Residency in Sind, and some local affairs at Bushire.1 item (23 folios)The file is arranged in chronological order. Some of the papers referred to in the correspondence can be found at the end of the item.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 214, and terminates at f 236, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Journal of the voyage of the
Nassaufrom England to Persia, Bombay, and Suratt [Surat], and back (Captain John Lloyd), 1694-1696. The
Nassauwas at Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] from 30 January to 11 February 1695.The volume is inscribed with the single word 'John' on folio 4.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, contact with English ships, sightings of other vessels, commodities carried (especially when the ship was lying at Gombroon, folios 45-48), deaths of crewmembers, and general remarks.The Journal employs astrological symbols to indicate the days of the week.1 volume (93 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 74; 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 75-93, which have not been digitised.
This volume consists of a journal recording the voyage of the East India Company ship
Princess Louisa, from England to Mocha and Bombay, and back to England. The entries are dated 29 August 1733 to 26 April 1735. The Captain of the ship was Richard Pinnell.The entries start from 29 August 1733 when the ship was at Deptford, after which it anchored at Gravesend on 24 September 1733, and in the Downs on 31 October 1733. The journal also records the ship anchoring at the following places: Table Bay (16 February to 7 March 1733/34); Mocha (9 May to 23 July 1734); Bombay (9 August to 12 September 1734); Cochin (22 to 25 September 1734); Table Bay and Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope] (11 to 26 December 1734); St Helena (12 to 29 January 1734/35); and the Downs (14 April 1735). (Both Old Style and New Style dates are given.)Entries for when the ship was at sail (from 5 November 1733, when the ship was in the Downs Channel, onwards) consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), the course of the ship, wind direction, weather, and observations and transactions. The observations and transactions mostly consist of the following: wind and other weather conditions; sightings of, and encounters with, other ships; sightings of land; the course of the ship; and birds and fish observed and caught.Entries for when the ship was in port mainly record: wind and other weather conditions; actions performed by the crew; the arrival of other ships; and cargo being unloaded from, and loaded onto, the ship (including chests of treasure, and iron and steel being unloaded from the ship, and bales of coffee being received on the ship, when the ship was at Mocha).1 volume (131 folios)The journal 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 133; 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 113-132, which have not been digitised.
A journal (log book) of the first voyage of the East India Company ship
Royal Captain, recorded by the Captain Nathaniel Tanner. The journal entries are dated 17 February 1761 to 19 August 1763.The journal is inscribed: ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p[per] Nath.[anie]l Tanner’, ‘This is my orrig.[ina]l Jornial and my Hand Writing – Nath[anie].l Tanner’, ‘Witness Tho[mas] Reading’.The entries record the ship anchoring at places including: Cochin [Kochi] (12 to 14 December 1761); Bombay (2 January to 24 February 1762); Muscatt [Muscat] (19 to 23 March 1762); Gombaroon [Bandar Abbas] (29 March to 14 April 1762); Muscatt (20 to 23 April 1762); Bombay (5 May to 5 June 1762); Trincomalay [Trincomalee] (19 June to 1 July 1762); Madrass [Madras] (3 July to 5 August 1762); Macao [Macau] and Wampo [Pazhou] (29 October 1762 to 10 January 1763); Pulo Auro [Pulau Aur or Aur Island] (21 to 25 January 1763); St Helena (12 to 22 April 1763); Spithead (29 June to 4 July 1763); and Dover (4 to 13 July 1763). The ship arrived at Deptford on 23 July 1763.Daily entries for when the ship was in port and at anchor record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship; goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; members of the crew receiving corporal punishment; and deaths of members of the crew.Daily entries for when the ship was at sail consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), courses, knots (K), fathoms (F), other navigational measurements, and comments. The comments mostly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions; sightings of land; sightings of, and interactions with, other ships; actions performed by the crew; and the course of the ship.The journal is part of a volume containing three separate log books: ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p Nath.l Tanner’ (IOR/L/MAR/B/556A);
Royal Captain: Journal (IOR/L/MAR/B/556B); and
Royal Captain: Journal (IOR/L/MAR/B/556C).1 file (174 folios)The journal entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 174; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Journal (compiled by John Carswell [Chief Mate]) of the voyage of the
Phoenixfrom England to Fort St George at Madras, Bangall [Bengal], and Persia, and back (Captain Thomas Lambert), 1700-03. The
Phoenixwas at Gomorun [Bandar Abbas] from 25 April to 30 May 1702.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, contact with other English ships, sightings of other vessels, commodities carried, and general remarks.The Journal includes a pencil sketch of the Bay of St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], showing the fort and town, and the island of Fogo to the west, on folios 1-2.1 volume (183 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 180; 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 flyleaf. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 94-180, which have not been digitised.
Journal of the
Harcourt, kept by Captain William Webber. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Bombay [Mumbai] and Mocho (also written Mocco) [Mocha/al-Mukha]: 23 August 1759, Morendavia [Morondava, Madagascar]; 3 October 1759, Bombay; 29 November 1759, Anjango [Anchuthengu, India]; 12 December 1759, Callicut [Kozhikode, India]; 20 December 1759, Tellycherry [Thalassery, India]; 29 December 1759, Onoare (also written Onoar) [northern Kanara, India]; 11 January 1760, Bombay; 5 February 1760, Surrat [Surat]; 21 April 1760, Mocho; 4 October 1760, Bombay; 5 February 1761, St Helena; 22 June 1761, Blackwall, London.At the front (folio 2) of the journal is the inscription: 'This is my original journal. W'm [William] Webber. Rec'd July 10 1761'.The journal begins with a list of crew members, providing information on name, quality (occupation), and wage (folios 2-4). This is followed by daily entries of notes on the preparation and loading of the ship at Blackwall shipyard, 27 February-23 March 1759 (folios 7-9). These notes include remarks on weather and other ships in the vicinity.The main body of the journal is a log book containing daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes include observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.The journal includes an abstract from the log book of the ship
Essexfrom 30 July 1745 that relates to some rocks encountered by the
Harcourt(folio 121).The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Harcourt: Journal, William Webber, Captain, 1752-54, (IOR/L/MAR/B/558A);
Harcourt: Journal, William Webber, Captain, 1755-58 (IOR/L/MAR/B/558B);
Harcourt: Journal, William Webber, Captain, 1759-61 (IOR/L/MAR/B/558C).1 file (159 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 159; 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.
The volume is part of the Marine Department Records, Ships’ Journals. Inscribed: ‘
Refugeoverset near Bantam.
Mary Royallfrom Bantam to England’. The Journal records the loss of the ship
RefugeWhich foundered three leagues southwest from Bantam Road, in 1628. And the ship
Mary Royal’s voyage from Bantam to England in 1629. Also mentioned is the ship
Falconat Bantam in 1628 (on folio 2). Among the places mentioned in the volume are Bantam, Battavia [Batavia], Suraat [Surat], Cape of Good Hope, Sant Ellino [St Helena], Cape Verde and Plimmouth [Plymouth].1 volume (16 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 16; 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.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
The volume contains a journal (log book) by Richard Allwright, Chief Mate, of a voyage on the East India Company ship
London, commanded by William Sedgwick.The journal is in two parts: the first part of the journal (folios 4 to 96) is dated 16 November 1749 to 10 February 1752; and the second part of the journal (folios 97 to 186) is dated 23 April 1751 to 13 June 1752. The entries from 23 April 1751 to 7 February 1752 in the first part of the journal are duplicated in the second part of the journal.There are notes on the cover pages of each part of the journal stating ‘This is my original Journall [Journal]’, signed by Rich[ar] Allwright, and also stating that they were received on 8 July 1752, witnessed by Tho[mas] Reading.The first part of the journal includes a list of the ship’s company (crew and passengers), with columns for their names, their quality (positions), and whether they were dead, had drowned or had run away from the ship (folios 5 to 6). The second part of the journal also includes a list of the ship’s company from Ingerlee, with columns for their names and their quality (folio 132).The first entry in the journal is dated 16 November 1749, when the ship was at Deptford, after which the ship was at Gravesend, then in the Downs, before anchoring in Plymouth Sound from 21 March 1749/50 to 1 April 1750. The ship then anchored at the following places: Joanna [Anjouan] Bay (19 July 1750); Fort St David’s Road (24 August 1750); Madrass [Madras] (8 September 1750); Culpee [Kulpi] (9 October 1750); Ingerlee Road (29 November 1750); Cochin [Kochi] (3 January 1750/51); Bombay (27 January 1750/51); Mocha (20 March 1750/51); Judda [Jeddah] (21 April 1751); Mocha (16 July 1751); Bombay (13 August 1751); Calcutta (9 October 1751); Ingerlee (28 December 1751); St Hellena [St Helena] (6 April 1752); and Long Reach (past Gravesend, 13 June 1752). (Both Old Style and New Style dates are given.)Entries for when the ship was in port mainly discuss: wind and other weather conditions; the receipt of cargo, and the unloading of cargo to be taken ashore; and actions performed by the crew.Entries for when the ship was at sail mostly relate to wind and other weather conditions, the course of the ship and sightings of land, and sightings of other ships, birds and sea creatures. In addition, these entries also include daily tables recording the following information: remarks, hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, and wind direction.1 volume (187 folios)The journal entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of each part 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 189; 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 167-188, which have not been digitised.
The journal of the ship
Wyndhamby Captain Richard Shuter. The journal contains:The list of men's names shipped on board the
Wyndham, with passengers and soldiers (ff 2-3)The goods on board belonging to the Honourable East India Company (f 4)The entries made during the ship's voyage from Deptford (?) to Margate (9 March 1736), Ilhas Desertas [Desertas Islands] (9 April 1736), Praia (22 April 1736), Joanna [Anjouan] (11 July 1736) and Bombay [Mumbai] (18 August 1736)The entries made during the voyage from Bombay to Surat (5 October 1736) and Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (21 November 1736)The entries made during the voyage from Gombroon to Bombay (6 January 1736/37)The entries made during the return voyage from Bombay to Tellicherry [Thalassery] (29 January 1736/37), Cochin [Kochi] (8 February 1736/37), St Helena (23 May 1737), Ascension (25 June 1737) and the Downs (7 August 1737).The entries made during the above-mentioned voyages extend from 5 January 1736 to 12 September 1737. The entries are double-dated and include the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.The journal contains daily entries in eight columns: Week Days, Month Days, Winds, Courses, Distance, Latitude, Longitude, and Bearings of Headlands and Variations. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and other observations made during the course of the voyages. The journal also records a meeting between Captain Shuter and the 'kings' of Anjouan and Majotta [Sultan Salim I bin Abu Bakr of Anjouan, who reigned c 1711-c 1743, and Sultan Salim I bin Mwé Fani of Mayotte, who reigned 1727-1752], while at anchor off Anjouan on 14 July 1736.1 file (53 folios)The journal entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 53; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Thistleworthfrom England to Bombay [Mumbai, India], March-September 1714, from Bombay to Surat, India, November 1714, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran], February-March 1714 [New Style date 1715], from Gombroon to Bombay, March-April 1715, and from Bombay to England, October 1715-May 1716 (Captain Daniel Small).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations.1 volume (136 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Bouveriefrom Gomaroone [Gombroon, Bandar Abbas] towards Great Britain (Captain Thomas Wotton), 29 June 1719-16 August 1720 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Bandar Abbas, 29 June 1719; 16 August 1719, Madarass [Madras]; 25 September 1719, Ballasore [Balasore]; 14 October 1719, Fort William [Calcutta]; 24 December 1719, Coxes [Cox's Bazar]; 11 May 1720, St Hellena [St Helena].Inscribed: 'This is my Origional [original] Journall, Thos. Wotton' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd. 7ber y. 29th. 1720 [Received, 29 September 1720]' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [navigational information (latitude by account and observation, meridional distance from a fixed point, difference of longitude, and variation)]; H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; details of the other ships with which the
Bouveriesailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; commodities carried; sightings of sea birds and marine animals; and general remarks.A report of news from the British Isles: folio 73.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:
Bouverie: Journal, Chief Mate Thomas Meacham, 1713-16 (IOR/L/MAR/B/692B), and 'A Journal of a Voyage Intended by Gods Permission From Gomaroone in Persia To the River of Thames in Great Brittaine in the Good Ship Bouverie.', 1719-20 (IOR/L/MAR/B/692C).1 file (80 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 80; 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.
Journal of the voyages of the
Discoveryand the
Londonkept by William Speare between 1633 and 1637.Folios 5-92 cover the following voyages of the
Discovery(Captain William Morris):England to Surratt [Surat, India], March-November 1633, via St Lawrence [Madagascar], Comoros and Comorone [Bandar Abbas, Iran]Surratt to Comorone and back, January-April 1634Surratt to Massipitan [Machilipatnam, India], April-September 1634, via Morisheus [Mauritius], St Lawrence and ComorosMassipitan to Comorone, December 1634-March 1635Comorone to Bumbee [Bombay, India], April-May 1635Bumbee to Syndie [Karachi, Pakistan], September-November 1635, via SurrattSyndie to Surratt, January-March 1636, via Comorone.Folios 93-132 cover the following voyages of the
London(Captain Matthew Wills):Surratt to Massipitan, May-June 1636, via Gorre [Goa, India]Massipitan to Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia], August-October 1636Bantam to England, January-July 1637.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.1 volume (151 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 155; 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 133-153, which have not been digitised.
Journal of the voyage of the
Discoveryfrom England to Surratt [Surat], and Persia (Captain William Morris, Master Richard Monk), 1633-37: 23 July 1633, Bay of St Augustine; 12 August 1633, Commorowe [Comoros]; 19 September 1633, Commoroone [Bandar Abbas]; 7 November 1633, Sarat [Surat]; 28 February 1634, Cumborroone [Bandar Abbas]; 8 April 1634, Surat; 20 June 1634, Maurrisshes [Mauritius]; 8 September 1634, Meslupotane [Masulipatam]; 1 February 1635, Honnor [Onore]; 28 March 1635, Gumborroune [Bandar Abbas]; 2 May 1635, Bomebay [Bombay]; 2 October 1635, Deman [Daman]; 20 October 1635, Surat; 4 February 1636, Gumberronn [Bandar Abbas]; 17 March 1636, Surat; 11 July 1636, Morriusses [Mauritius]; 26 September 1636, S Ellena [St Helena]; 21 January 1637, the Dowens [Downs].The
Discoverywas at Gombroon (various spellings) [Bandar Abbas] in September 1633, February 1634, March 1635, and February 1636.Inscribed on front cover: 'March 1632/33 Palsgrave, Discovery, Reformation, Comfort' (these were the four ships that comprised the fleet on the outward voyage of the
Discovery).The volume commences as the Journal of the
Palsgrave, kept by Richard Forder, Master's Mate aboard the
Palsgrave, from 7 March to 9 April 1633 (folios 1-11). However, following the death of one of the Master's Mates aboard the
Discovery, Forder left the
Palsgraveat the request of her Captain, and went aboard the
Discovery. Thereafter the volume comprises the Journal of the
Discovery, from 10 April 1633 to 31 January 1637 (folios 11-119). Note in margin: 'A Journall kept by mee Richard ffoorder [...] ship Discovery' (folio 11).The Journal contains daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, the provisioning of the ship, and general remarks. The volume also contains monthly tables of navigational data.1 volume (123 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 127; 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 a pagination sequence.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Charlesfrom England to Surat (Captain John Weddell, Master John Elsmore), 1629-30 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downes [Downs], 10 April 1629; 14 August 1629, Molila [Moheli]; 9 October 1629, Swallow Howle [Suvali, Surat]; 20 January 1629 [New Style date 20 January 1630], Commerun [Bandar Abbas]; 17 March 1629 [New Style date 17 March 1630], Suvali; 4 June 1630, Morrishes [Mauritius]; 23 October 1630, left Cap bonsperance [Cape of Good Hope].The ship was at Swally Hole from 9 October to 19 December 1729, and from 17 March 1629/30 to 12 April 1630.Inscribed on the front (inner) cover of the volume: 'Charles, London, Discovery, Reformation, & Samuel', and, (in the case of the first three ships) 'under Capt John Weddall'. The word 'London' also appears on this cover (erased), and the date '1629'.Also inscribed: 'A jurnall of a voyadg [voyage] to the East India set out by the honorable companye of marchants trayding for thos parts in the yeare of our lord 1629 in this voydg were imployed 4 ships the Charles the london the Discovery & reformation & the samuell captaine john weddall being the Chefe Commander of the flet Ceept [kept] by nicholas sharpe M[aster's] matte [Mate] of the Charles the which voyag the lord prosper Amen' (folio 1).The journal contains regular dated entries, and summary comments in the left hand margin.The journal records: navigational information; weather; commodities carried, references to the other ships with which the
Charlessailed in convoy; sightings of Dutch and Portuguese ships; and general remarks.The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) dates only.1 volume (34 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 34; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
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.
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.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Europafrom England to Bombay, and back (Captain William Applegath), 28 February 1782-6 August 1785 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Motherbank [off Portsmouth], 11 September 1782; 26 November 1782, Bay of All Saints; 16 April 1783, Madrass [Madras]; 21 October 1783, Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 12 November 1783, Bombay; 11 March 1784, Muscat; 5 April 1784, Bushier [Bushire]; 29 May 1784, Bussora [Basra]; 17 July 1784, Bushire; 30 August 1784, Muscat; 12 September 1784, Bombay; 7 April 1785, St Helena; 2 May 1785, Ascention [Ascension Island]; 7 July 1785, the Downs.The journal was compiled by Charles Gardyne [Chief Mate].Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, Chas. Gardyne' (folio 2), and 'This is the continuation of my original Journal, Chas. Gardyne' (folio 189).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 13 July 1785 (folio 2, referring to folios 3-187, entries for 28 February 1782-10 July 1785), and 'Recd. 8th. Augt. 1785' (folio 188, referring to folios 188-189, entries for 11 July-6 August 1785).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks], and periodic navigational readings at the foot of the columns. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, and maintenance of the ship; details of other British ships with which the
Europasailed in convoy; contact with other Company, and His Majesty's ships; the transport of Hanoverian troops; references to private trade; deaths of crew members; deaths, and the outbreak of scurvy amongst the soldiers (folio 61); and commodities carried (e.g. saltpetre and pepper from Bombay).Report of the death of Captain Applegath, and the appointment of Gardyne as his successor: folio 169.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Europa: Journal, William Applegath, Captain, 1776-78 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425D);
Europa: Journal, 1782-85 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425E); and
Europa: Journal, Augustus Joseph Applegath, Captain, 1785-87 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425F).1 file (193 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 193; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Europafrom England to Bombay and Mocha, and back (Captain Henry Hinde Pelly), 24 December 1772- 2 June 1775 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Portsmouth, 23 March 1773; 13 April 1773, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 21 July 1773, Joanna [Anjouan]; 21 August 1773, Bombay; 10 November 1773, Callicut [Calicut]; 14 November 1773, Cocheen [Cochin, Kochi]; 18 November 1773, Calicut; 29 November 1773, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 7 December 1773, Mangalore; 14 December 1773, Onore; 3 January 1774, Bombay; 5 February 1774, Surat; 26 April 1774, Mocha; 10 September 1774, Bombay; 29 January 1775, St Helena; 1 May 1775, [the Downs].Inscribed: 'This my [sic] original Journal p[er] my own hand Writing, H H Pelly' (folio 1), and 'This is a Continuation of my Journal, H. H. Pelly' (folio 126).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 11 May 1775' (folio 1, referring to folios 2-124, entries for 24 December 1772-9 May 1775), and 'Recd. 7th June 1775.' (folio 125, referring to folios 125-126, entries for 7 May-2 June 1775).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks], and navigational readings at the foot of each set of columns. When the ship is at anchor, entries consist of date and remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with other British ships; the provisioning, maintenance, and ballasting of the ship; and details of cargoes carried, especially coffee from Mocha.The journal also includes a list of the
Europa'sofficers and seamen, 1773, giving [number], names, quality [rank or occupation], and note of date died, run [absconded from the ship], etc., where applicable.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Europa: Journal, Henry Hinde Pelly, Captain, 1766-68 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425A);
Europa: Journal, Henry Hinde Pelly, Captain, 1769-71 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425B); and
Europa: Journal, 1772-75 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425C).1 file (133 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 133; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
File containing fragments of two journals for two East India Company ships. The journals are as follows: journal of the
Abingdon(folios 82-89), Captain John Goodfellow and Robert Pye, Chief Mate; journal of the
Josiah(folios 90-137), Captain Randall Pye and Robert Pye, Chief Mate. The
Abingdonjournal covers the ship's voyage between Bombay [Mumbai] and Suratt [Surat], 20 November 1704-10 March 1705. The
Josiahjournal covers the ship's voyage between Bombay and Cape Comarene [Kanyakumari], 11 March 1705-22 April 1706.The
Abingdonjournal contains daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other East India Company ships as well as Dutch ships, deaths of crewmembers and general observations.The
Josiahjournal contains daily entries in two different formats. Firstly, daily entries written in a journal style (folios 97-111, 113-124). Secondly daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks (folios 90-96, 112 and 125-137). Both parts have different handwriting. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships as well as Dutch ships, commodities carried, and other remarks. The journal contains coast drawings (folios 96, 117). Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style (Julian) and New Style (Gregorian) calendars. Each ship is mentioned as a companion in the journal of the other ship.The route of the
Abingdonis given as follows: Bombay, November 1704; Surratt, December 1704.The route of the
Josiahis given as follows: Bombay, March 1705; Persian Gulf, April 1705; coast of Arabia, November 1705; Bombay, December 1705; Pigeon Island, [Netrani Island], February 1706; Cape Comarene, February 1706.1 file (66 folios)The journals entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 81, and terminates at f 146; it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the
Earl of Elgin, kept by Arthur Evans, ship commander. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Bombay [Mumbai] and Mocha [al-Mukha]: 20 February 1761, Blackwall, London; 26 August 1761, Rio Jenario [Rio de Janeiro]; 9 January 1762, Bombay; 14 February 1762, Suratt [Surat]; 29 April 1762, Mocha; 20 September 1762, Bombay; 17 February 1763, St Helena; 4 April 1763, Blackwall, London.At the front of the journal is the inscription: 'This is my original journal, A. Evans' (folio 1).The journal begins with an incomplete list of crew members (folio 1). This is followed by daily entries of notes on the preparation and loading of the ship at Blackwall Shipyard, 20 February-21 March 1761 (folios 2-3). These notes include remarks on the weather and other ships in the vicinity.The main body of the journal is a log book containing daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds, and a final column containing the date, and some remarks. Information provided by these remarks include observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, condition of the ship, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous notes. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Along the bottom of each entry there is a table of navigational data.1 volume (134 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 134; 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.
Journal of the voyage of the
Protectorfrom England to Bombay (Captain Francis Cheyne), 1751-53. The
Protectorwas at Mocha from 17 May to 23 August 1753. There is no indication of who kept the Journal.Inscribed: 'Presented to the East India Company by Captn. Richard Peirce 1782' (folio 1).The Journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The Journal records navigational information, contact with British ships, sightings of other vessels, the provisioning of the ship, commodities carried, and general remarks.The file includes a muster roll of the ship's crew on 31 December 1752, on folios 2-3. Note of an accident aboard the ship, involving one of the guns: folio 68.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books:
Protector: Journal, 1751-53 (folios 1-119, IOR/L/MAR/B/110A); and
Protector: Deck Log, 1830-31 (IOR/L/MAR/B/110B).1 file (119 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 119; 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.
The journal of the East India Company ship
Blenheimis part of the Marine Department Records, Ships' Journals. Inscribed: 'Captain Abraham Parrots Jurnall [Journal] Off [of] My Voyage To Mocha And Bombay In the Blenheim From England In the Year off [of] our Lord 1709'. The logbook contains daily entries in five columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, and Winds. The log provides general navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, when the ship is at anchor, weather conditions, and records of declination, Lattd [latitude], Mirridd [Meridian], and dist [distance]. The log also contains records of various types of birds seen during the journey. The entries consist of remarks only.The log records the observations and accidents in the ship
Blenheimfrom England towards Mocha (also spelled Moha) in the Red Sea. On the way to Mocha, the
Blenheimpassed the East End of Madera [Madeira], Ascention [Ascension Island], Cape Bone Esperanca [Cape of Good Hope], Point Primero, Cape Laguillas [L'Agulhas], Island of St Lawrence [Madagascar], Cape Guardufoiy/Aromera [Cape Guardafui/ Aromata], and Babellmandell [Bab al-Mandel Strait].Upon arrival at Mocha, the main goods sent ashore were firearms, glassware, sword blades, bars of iron, and clothes, and the only items taken on board were bales of coffee. From Mocha, the
Blenheimmade its way back to England via Bombay, Cape of Good Hope, and Holland.1 volume (100 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 102; 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 that contains this Journal has the title: 'Benjamin's Journall Jno. Bronne Comd. to Surt. & Bombay. Begun 13th. Octobr. 1694. Ended 27th. Jany. 1697/8. Do. 2nd. Voya. to ffort St. George begun 26th. October 1698. Ended 30th. Septr. 1700.'Journal of the voyage of the
Benjaminfrom St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde] towards Surratt [Surat], and back to England (Captain John Brown), 1694-1698. The
Benjaminwas at Gombroone [Bandar Abbas] from 11 to 22 February 1696.There are some notes and figures at the front of the volume (folio 4), and at the end of the volume (second last folio before back cover), which may relate to this Journal.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, contact with English ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general remarksThe record is part of a volume containing two separate log books:
Benjamin: Journal, 1694-98 (folios 3-75, IOR/L/MAR/A/XCVII ff.3-75); and
Benjamin: Journal, 1698-1700 (folios 78-124, IOR/L/MAR/A/XCVII ff.78-124)..1 file (73 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 3, and terminates at f 75, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the
Boscawen, kept by the ship's Captain, Benjamin Braund. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Bombay [Mumbai], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas], and Mocha [al-Mukha]: 5 February 1749, Blackwall, London; 5 July 1749, Joanna Island [Anjouan, Comoros]; 2 August 1749, Bombay; 26 September 1749, Surat; 17 November 1749, Gombroon; 23 December 1749, Bombay; 12 February 1750, Mangulore [Mangaluru]; 17 February 1750, Tillecherry [Thalassery]; 20 March 1750, Socatra [Soqotra]; 29 March 1750, Mocha; 27 August 1750, Bombay; 16 January 1751, Table Bay; 17 February 1751, St Helena; 10 June 1751, Blackwall.At the front of the journal is the inscription 'This is my original journal, B. Braund' (folio 4).The journal begins with daily entries of notes on the preparation and loading of the ship at Blackwall Shipyard, 28 August 1748-5 February 1749 (folios 5-12). These notes include remarks on the weather and other ships in the vicinity.The main body of the journal is a log book containing daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and a final column containing the date, some remarks, and navigational data. The remarks in the final column include further observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, notes on the condition and maintenance of the ship, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous information. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Each entry also includes the distance travelled that day (in miles).1 volume (152 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 154; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the East India Company ship
Somersby John Sparks, third mate. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and its return to England, between 11 November 1711 and 28 March 1715 (Captain Eustace Peacock).The journal contains daily entries in two different formats. Firstly, daily entries written in a journal style (folios 3-6, 8-10, and 30-31). Secondly, daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks (folios 12-27; 32-127). When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records the following: navigational information; weather; contact with other East India Company ships, French ships, a Dutch ship, a Portuguese ship, a European ship and country ships; commodities carried; general remarks.The journal also includes:A list of the crew with their age and nationality (folios 5-6)A list of the soldiers onboard (folios 49)Remarks in the margins, written in pencil (folios 30, 45, 51, 71, 78, 107)Notes about the deaths of crewmembers, some including a small sketch depicting the deceased (folios 15, 16, 21, 32, 41, 43, 57, 58, 59, 62, 98)A mention of sickness on the ship (folio 16)A mention of birds seen (folio 43).Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style (Julian) and New Style (Gregorian) calendars.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: ‘Second mate jounall of the ship Sommers received 14 June 1715’.The journal records the ship's arrival at the following places: the Downs, 15 April 1712; Snt Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 30 May 1712; Table Bay, Cape Bona Esperanca [Cape of Good Hope], 15 August 1712; Anjengo, 18 November 1712; Cochin [Kochi], 28 November 1712; Calicut [Kozhikode], 6 December 1712; Goa, 14 December 1712; Bombay [Mumbai], 27 December 1712, Surratt [Surat], 24 January 1712/13; Bombay, 15 March 1712/13; Arabian Coast, 27 April 1713; Muscat, 4 May 1713; Gombaroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 13 May 1713; Maderass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], 8 August 1713; Balasore, 23 September 1713; Calcutta [Kolkata], 19 October 1713; Anjengo, 8 Jan 1713/14; Tellicherry [Thalassery], 17 January 1713/14; Goa, 27 January 1713/14; Bombay, 5 February 1713/14; Surat, 23 February 1713/14; Bombay, 23 March 1713/14; Pondicherry, 17 May 1713/14; Madras [Chennai], 19 May 1713/14; Cape Bona Esperanca, 31 October 1713/14; Lisbon, 12 February 1714/15; Coast of France, 24 March 1714/15.1 file (133 folios)The journal entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 133; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Prince Henryfrom England to Persia [Iran] and Bombay, and back (Captain Thomas Best), 20 November 1750-9 December 1752 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Portsmouth, 20 March 1751; 16 July 1751, Joanna [Anjouan]; 22 August 1751, Gombaroon [Bandar Abbas]; 27 September 1751, Bombay; 29 February 1752, Carwar [Karwar]; 9 March 1752, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 27 April 1752, Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 7 August 1752, St Helena; 30 October 1752, the Downs.Note that the date 30 October 1752 above (the date given in the record) is Old Style.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, Thos. Best' (folio 2).Marked 'Recd. [Received] 13th. Decr. [December] 1752'.The dates in the journal change to New Style on 20 November 1752.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [Date and Remarks], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds and Weather, and Transactions. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with British ships; sightings of other vessels; punishments inflicted on crew members and soldiers; the cleaning and maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship, deaths at sea; commodities carried, the firing of gun salutes at Bombay on the occasion of the birthday of King George III (folio 59); transmission of correspondence; and general remarks.The journal also includes: a list of the names of the crew members of the
Prince Henry, 1750, giving number, names, quality [rank or occupation], whether they had been discharged or had run [deserted], whether they had died, and when and where [relating to the two previous columns] (folios 3-4); and a list of soldiers and galley men in the service of the East India Company (passengers), giving number, names, and quality, and stating whether they had been discharged, had run [deserted], had died, etc., with dates (folios 5-6).The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Prince Henry: Journal, 1750-52 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325A);
Prince Henry: Journal 1754-55 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325B); and
Prince Henry: Journal, Benjamin Reynolds, Chief Mate, 1756-58 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325C).1 file (128 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 128; 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.
A list of broad cloths and perpets delivered to Coja Evra Ben Ibrahim. The list gives the amounts and prices of cloths delivered.1 folioThe item is damaged and has several holes in its text.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Bedfordfrom England to Madras [Chennai], Bengal, and Mocha (Captain William Wells), 18 December 1731-22 May 1734 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 28 February 1731 [New Style date 28 February 1732]; 3 April 1732, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 26 July 1732, Fort St George/Madras; 10 September 1732, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 31 December 1726, Ingelle [Ingeli]; 3 February 1732 [New Style date 3 February 1733], Cochin [Kochi]; 18 March 1732 [New Style date 18 March 1733], Mocha; 12 April 1733, Judda [Jeddah]; 15 July 1733, Mocha; 23 August 1733, Madras; 28 September 1733, Calcutta; 14 January 1733 [New Style date 14 January 1734], Ingeli; 31 January 1733 [New Style date 31 January 1734], left Point Palmiras [Palmyras Point], bound for St Helena.The ship was at Calcutta from 10 September to 26 December 1732, and 28 September to 30 December 1733; and at Jeddah from 12 April to 6 July 1733.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal No. 1, Wm. Wells' (folio 1), and 'Ship Bedfords Journal Kept by William Wells Commencing Anno 1731 & ending Anno 1735.' (folio 7).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 14 May 1735.' (folio 1).The journal contains entries recorded nearly every day in seven columns: H [hour]; Courses; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in harbour or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, and maintenance of the ship; contact with other British ships, and country ships; sightings of other vessels; references to fish and birds encountered; deaths of crew members; transport of soldiers; cargoes carried (described especially at Madras, Calcutta, and Jeddah, and deliveries of rice at Mocha); and general remarks.The journal also includes a quarter bill (folios 5-6), listing the stations to be taken up by the members of
Bedford'screw if the ship were to be boarded by an enemy.Initially, the journal employs Old Style (Julian) dates only; from 31 January 1733 [Old Style]/31 January 1734 [New Style], it is double-dated, where necessary, giving both Old and New Style (Gregorian) dates.1 file (176 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 176; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
List of George Grey's belongings that were sold including details of who purchased them and how much for.1 folioThe item is damaged and has several holes in its text.
List of John Paul Schedel's belongings that were sold including details of who purchased them and how much for.1 folioThe item is damaged and has several holes in its text.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Greenwichfrom England to Bombay, and back (Captain Richard Kyrby [Kirby], later John Barnes, formerly Chief Mate), 1719-22 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Spithead, 1 April 1720; 29 April 1720, St. Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 26 July 1720, Joanna [Anjouan]; 3 September 1720, Bombay; 10 October 1720, Surratt [Surat]; 12 November 1720, Bombay; 21 December 1720, Carrwarr [Karwar]; 31 January 1721, Callicutt [Calicut]; 26 February 1721, Karwar; 17 March 1721, Bombay; 31 May 1721, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 21 October 1721, Bombay; 1 December 1721, Chowl [Chaul]; 6 December 1721, Bombay; 27 January 1722, Cochin; 2 April 1722, Cape Boon Esperance [Cape of Good Hope]; 5 May 1722, St. Helena.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], [Remarks], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, and Winds. When the ship is at anchor, or near coast, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; details of the English and country ships with which the
Greenwichsailed in convoy; contact with other Company, and His Majesty's ships; sightings of other vessels; deaths on board ship; desertions from the ship; the provisioning of the ship; commodities carried; and general remarks.The journal also records an attack by pirates at Anjouan on 8 August 1720 (folio 31), and the report of the death from fever of Captain Kirby at Bandar Abbas, 29 August 1721 (folio 70).1 volume (133 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 129; 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.
Journal of the voyage of the
Greenwichfrom England to Mocha (Captain Richard Lasinby), 1723-26 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): 19 November 1723 leaves the Downs; 27 February 1723 [New Style date 1724] at anchor in Table Bay; 19 March 1723 [New Style date 1724], Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope]; 11 April 1724, Island Comoro [Comoros]; 6 May 1724 Mocha Road [Mocha]; 2 September 1724, Bombay; 24 September 1724, Suratt Barr [Surat]; 27 October 1724, Bombay; 7 November 1724, Karwar; 20 November 1724, Mangalore Road [Mangalore]; 16 December 1724, Carwarr Bay [Karwar]; 12 January 1724 [New Style date 1725], Mocha Road; 25 August 1725, Bombay; 4 September 1725, Carwarr; 16 October 1725, Cochin Road [Kochi]; 8 January 1726, Table Bay; 19 February 1726, St Helena Road [Saint Helena]; 30 June 1726, River Thames.The first page (folio 3) of the journal is headed: 'A Journal of an Intended Voyage By Gods Permission in the Good Ship Greenwich From England To Mocha in the East Indies By Me Rich. Lasinby Master 1723'. This page also contains a note: 'This is my Original Journal. Rich. Lasinby Recd. 5th July 1726'.The journal contains daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, and sightings of other ships. The log book contains daily entries in eight columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Remarks] including Latitude and Longitude.1 volume (92 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 94; 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 74-93, which have not been digitised.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Drakefrom England to Mocha, Yemen, November 1724-May 1725, from Mocha to Bombay [Mumbai, India], August 1725, from Bombay to Anjanga [Anchuthengu, India] and back, September-December 1725, and from Bombay to Surat, India, January 1725 [New Style date 1726] (Captain William Westerbane).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations. Some of the entries written in port include details of the loading and unloading of cargo and provisions.1 item (57 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the item.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 57; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Drakefrom England to Calcutta [Kolkata, India], February 1728 [New Style date 1729]-August 1729, from Calcutta to Bombay [Mumbai, India], January 1729 [New Style date 1730]-May 1730, from Bombay to Surat, India, October 1730, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran] and back, November 1730-April 1731, from Surat to Calcutta, May-June 1731, and from Calcutta to England, January 1731 [New Style date 1732]-August 1732 (Captain John Houghton).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations. Some of the entries written in port include details of the loading and unloading of cargo and provisions.1 item (100 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 100; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
This volume consists of a journal (log book) recording the second voyage of the East India Company ship
Doddingtonfrom England to Bombay and Mocha, kept by the Captain Norton Hutchinson. The journal entries are dated 8 January 1752 to 9 June 1754.The journal contains the following inscriptions: ‘This is my origional Journall [sic] Norton Hutchinson’, ‘Witness W[illia]m Settle’ and ‘Rec[eive].d 3d July 1754’.The entries record the ship setting sail from the Downs on 20 March 1752, having been at Woolwich and Gravesend prior to this. The entries record the ship being anchored in the following places: Lisbon Harbour (10 to 30 April 1752); St Augustin’s [Augustine’s] Bay (3 to 17 August 1752); Bombay (9 to 21 October and 14 to 20 November 1752, with the ship being on a cruise between these dates); Surat (26 December 1752 to 2 January 1753); Scindy Road [probably the waters off Karachi in Sindh] (9 to 13 January 1753); Surat (19 to 24 February 1753); Bombay (26 February to 6 March 1753); Mangalore [Mangaluru] (10 to 15 March 1753); Tellicherry [Thalassery] (16 to 21 March 1753); Mocha (16 April to 27 August 1753); Bombay (16 September to 3 December 1753); Table Bay (14 February to 5 March 1754); and St Helena (17 to 22 March 1754). The ship moored at Gravesend on 31 May 1754.Daily entries for when the ship was in port or at anchor record information including: wind and other weather conditions; goods, provisions and dispatches received on board the ship; goods and chests of treasure unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; members of the crew being punished for offences committed; and the arrival and departure of other ships.Daily entries for when the ship was at sail consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, winds, remarks (mostly about the weather), and other comments. The other comments record information including: wind and other weather conditions; the course of the ship; actions performed by the crew; ships with which the
Doddingtonwas sailing in company; sightings of other ships; birds, snakes, and animals observed; and deaths of members of the crew. These entries also include measurements relating to the course of the ship, meridian distance from various places, and latitude and longitude.1 volume (132 folios)The journal 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 134; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Donegal(referred to throughout as 'Donegall') from England to Bengal and Mocha, and back (Captain Henry Cliff), 1708-11 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): set off in convoy from the Downs, 9 April 1708; left St Hellens [St Helens], 24 May 1708; 27 August 1708, Cape Good Hope [Cape of Good Hope]; 18 January 1708 [Old Style]/18 January 1709 [New Style], Ballasore [Balasore]; 24 January 1708 [Old Style]/24 January 1709 [New Style], Rouges River [Rogues River]; 20 April 1709, Fort St Davids [Fort St David]; 6 May 1709, Madarass [Madras]; 11 June 1709, Vizagapatam [Visakhapatnam]; 3 August 1709, Callcutta [Calcutta]; 3 January 1709 [Old Style]/3 January 1710 [New Style], Rogues River; 11 April 1710, Mocha; 13 September 1710, Carrwar [Carwar, Karwar]; 8 December 1710, Cape of Good Hope; 23 July 1711, the Texell [Texel]; 9 August 1711, Deptford.The journal contains daily entries in nine columns: Lattd. [latitude]; [day of the month]; H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds; [date and remarks]; Mer. Dist. Long. [meridional distance longitude]. This information is recorded in less detail following the ship's departure from Mocha. When the ship is at anchor or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only, including marginal notes of cargoes taken aboard and landed.The journal is double-dated where necessary, giving both Old and New Style dates.The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with other Company, and Her Majesty's ships; details of the ships with which the
Donegalsailed in convoy; sightings of country ships, and other vessels; commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha); and deaths of crew members.1 volume (105 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 107; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Defencefrom England to Bombay [Mumbai] and back, November 1738-September 1740 (Captain Thomas Coates). The outward journey included a visit to Mocha, April-July 1739, and the return journey included a visit to St Helena, January-July 1740.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations.The journal includes the following sketches:‘The Island of Trindada’ [Trindade and Martin Vaz] (f 15)The ‘Ship
Defenceat Anchor in Table Bay’ (f 19)Unlabelled drawings of coastlines, probably including Comoros, Madagascar and Mozambique (f 25)Unlabelled drawings of the coastlines of Somalia and Yemen (ff 31-33)‘The Island Digo Ruis’ [Rodrigues, Mauritius] (f 56).1 volume (86 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 88; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Royal Charlottefrom England to Bombay [Mumbai], and back (Captain John Clements), 8 January 1765-4 August 1767 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 12 April 1765; 9 May 1765, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 29 June 1765, Rio de Janeiro; 29 January 1766, Cocheen [Cochin, Kochi]; 5 February 1766, Mangolore [Mangalore]; 12 February 1766, Goa; 23 February 1766, Bombay; 14 March 1766, Surat; 16 May 1766, Mocha; 20 September 1766, Bombay; 15 February 1767, the Cape [Cape of Good Hope]; 18 March 1767, St Helena; 21 June 1767, the Downs.The ship made long stops at Rio de Janeiro (29 June-11 October 1765); Mocha (17 May-25 August 1766); and Bombay (20 September-5 December 1766).Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journal, J. Clements' (folio 1, folio 163).Marked: 'Recd. [Received ] Augt. [August] 6. 1776.' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks]. The entries also periodic navigational readings at the foot of the columns. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning of the ship; transport of Company troops; contact with other British ships and country ships; deaths of crew members and Company soldiers; the maintenance of the ship, including the refitting of the ship at Rio de Janeiro; sightings of other vessels; commodities carried, especially coffee from Mocha; and general remarks.The journal also includes the decision to put in at Rio de Janeiro because the ship was becoming unseaworthy (folio 25), and a list of seamen and soldiers who had run [deserted] from the ship at Rio de Janeiro (folio 39).The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Royal Charlotte: Journal, 1761-63 (IOR/L/MAR/B/150A);
Royal Charlotte: Journal, 1765-67 (IOR/L/MAR/B/150B); and
Royal Charlotte: Journal, 1768-70 (IOR/L/MAR/B/150C).1 file (168 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. However, entries for 25 April-16 May 1766 (folios 75-81) are in the wrong place in the volume, and should appear after folio 89.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 168; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Journal of the voyage of the
Recoveryfrom Balasore, India, to Comoroone [Bandar Abbas, Iran] and back, January-September 1681, and from Balasore to Maldava [Maldives] and back, February-August 1682 (Captain John Hallewell). The return journey on the first voyage included a visit to Muscat in August 1681.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations.The journal ends with a page of instructions (folio 36) for a return voyage to England.1 file (24 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 13, and terminates at f 36, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Streatham(referred to as 'Stretham' throughout) from England to Bombay and Mocha, and back (Captain Charles Mason), 21 March 1751-13 July 1753 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downes [Downs], 25 May 1751; 4 May 1751, the Cape [Cape of Good Hope]; 5 January 1752, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 3 February 1752, Mangalore [Mangaluru]; 23 February 1752, Bombay; 17 May 1752, Surat; 18 May 1752, Mocha; 11 September 1752, Bombay; 31 January 1753, Cape of Good Hope; 7 March 1753, St Helena; 14 June 1753, the Downs.Note that the date 11 September 1752 above (the date given in the record) is Old Style.Inscribed: 'Capt. Charles Mason. This is my Original Journal, Chas. Mason' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] July 13th. 1753 (folio 1).The journal adopts the New Style, 'agreeable to Act of Parliament', and adjusts the date, on 29 November 1752 (folio 100).The journal contains daily entries in seven unheaded columns: weather; hour; knots; fathoms; course; winds; and date and remarks. When the ship is at anchor, or near coast, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; contact with Company, and other British ships; contact with country ships; sightings of other vessels; punishments inflicted on crew members; commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha); and general remarks.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books:
Streatham: Journal, 1747-49 (IOR/L/MAR/B/605G), and
Streatham: Journal, 1751-53 (IOR/L/MAR/B/605H).1 file (153 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 153; 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.
A journal of the second voyage of the East India Company ship
Prince of Walesto Mocha and Madras recorded by the Captain of the ship, John Pelly junior.The journal is inscribed: ‘This is my Originall Journall John Pelly jun[ior]’, ‘Witness Tho[mas] Reading’, and ‘Rec.d [received] 13th July 1742’. The entries are dated 9 November 1740 to 9 July 1742.The entries record the ship anchoring at the following places: Gravesend (26 November to 23 December 1740), Spithead (27 December 1740 to 3 January 1740/1), Mocha (3 May to 21 July 1741), Madrass [Madras] (19 August to 28 September 1741), and Table Bay (8 January to 5 March 1741/2), before arriving at Tinmouth [Teignmouth] on 13 June 1742. Pelly also records being unable to anchor at Joanna Island [Anjouan] on 9 April 1741. The final entry is for 9 July when the ship was at Blackwall and the goods on board had been delivered. Both Old Style and New Style dates are given.Entries for when the ship was at sail consist of tables recording the following: remarks; hours (H); knots (K); fathoms (F); courses; winds; and other comments. The other comments mostly concern: wind and other weather conditions; the course of the ship and navigational measurements; sightings of land; sightings of, and encounters with, other ships; actions performed by the crew; and other information including sightings of birds.Entries for when the ship was at anchor mainly record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship (including coffee at Mocha, and red wood and saltpetre at Madras); goods, including iron and steel, being unloaded from the ship and taken ashore at Mocha; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; and the deaths of members of the crew.1 file (98 folios)The journal entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 98; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Prince of Walesfrom England to Bombay [Mumbai] and Persia [Iran], and back (Captain Jonathan Court), 9 February 1762-20 January 1764 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Portsmouth, 6 May 1762; 9 September 1762, Joanna [Anjouan]; 11 November 1762, Bombay; 15 February 1763, Muscat; 27 February 1763, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 3 April 1763, Bombay; 16 August 1763, St Helena; 28 November 1763, the Downs.The ship was at Bombay from 11 November 1762 to 28 January 1763, and from 3 April to 24 May 1763.Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journal and in my own hand Writing, Jona. Court' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd. [Received ] 24 Jany. [January] 1764'.The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks]. The entries also include periodic navigational readings at the foot of the columns. When the ship is in harbour, or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, cleaning, and maintenance of the ship; cargoes carried, including Company goods, King's provisions, private trade, and pepper and saltpetre (from Bombay); details of the ships with which the
Prince of Walessailed in convoy; contact with other Company ships, and His Majesty's ships; the transport of a detachment of Company troops from Bombay to Bandar Abbas; and general remarks.A description of the evacuation of the Company's factory at Bandar Abbas, including losses amongst the ship's crew in the course of a successful attack on the Persian garrison in the former Dutch factory there, 26 February-8 March 1763, is included on folios 83-85.The journal also includes a list of the ship's company, dated May 1762, giving number, men's names, quality [rank or occupation], and (where applicable) dates and circumstances of death, desertion, impressment etc. (folios 3-4).1 file (152 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 1, and terminates at 152; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
This volume consists of a journal of the first voyage of the East India Company ship the
Salisbury, the Commander of which was Christopher Burrows, recorded by the First Mate William Foreman.The journal is inscribed: ‘This my Originall Journall W[illia]m Foreman’, ‘Witness Rob[er]t James’, and ‘Rec.[eive]d 9 Nov.[embe]r 1744 –’.The journal entries are dated 12 January 1742 to 9 November 1744.The entries record the ship anchoring in the following places: Gravesend (31 January to 11 March 1742); Portsmouth (14 to 21 March 1742); St Augustins Bay [St Augustine’s Bay] (9 to 28 July 1742); Bombay Harbour (6 September to 3 October 1742); Annanore [Kannur, also spelled Ananore in the volume] (24 to 26 October 1742); Tillicherry [Thalassery] (1 to 9 November 1742); Bombay Harbour (26 November to 1 January 1742/3); Gombaroone [Bandar Abbas, also spelled as Gomberoom in the journal] (20 to 31 January 1742/3); Bombay (16 February to 1 March 1742/3); Surratt [Surat] (9 to 16 March 1742/3); Bombay (19 to 21 March 1742/3, and 26 March to 11 April 1743); Compta [also spelled Comtaw and Crompta in the volume] (18 to 20 April to 1743); Ananore (20 to 21 April 1743); Tellechery [Thalassery] (24 to 29 April 1743); Callecutt [Calicut or Kozhikode] (30 April to 7 May 1743); Fort St Davids (22 to 25 May 1743); Madrass [Madras] (26 May to 27 September 1743); and Table Bay and Cape Bona Esperanca [Cape of Good Hope, also spelled Cape Bonesperencia in the volume] (28 December 1743 to 26 April 1744). The ship reached St Helena on 15 May 1744, and Tinmouth [Teignmouth] on 8 September 1744, before mooring at Deptford on 2 October 1744.Entries for when the ship was at sail consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, winds, weather etcetera, and comments. The comments mostly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions; actions performed by the crew; sightings of land and other ships; and navigational measurements.Entries for when the ship was at anchor or in port mainly record: wind and other weather conditions, actions performed by the crew, goods and provisions received on board the ship, and goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore.The journal also includes:A list of the officers and seamen on board the ship, dated 1742 (folios 4 verso to 5) recording number (N), names, quality (position), whether they were dead, whether they had run away from the ship, and when and where they had died or run away; a list of soldiers on board the ship bound for Bombay (folio 6); a list of the passengers bound for Bombay, and a list of the passengers from Bombay to Tellecherry [Thalassery] (folio 6)A list recording the dates of the ship’s arrival at, and departure from, the ports at which it stopped from 30 January 1742 to 15 May 1743 (folios 185 verso to 186).1 volume (188 folios)The journal entries are mostly recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear (entries on folios 61 and 132 verso are out of chronological order).Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 190; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Shaftesburyfrom England to Bombay and Persia, and back (Captain William Bookey), 12 January 1749 [Old Style]/12 January 1750 [New Style] - 22 September 1752 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 5 April 1750; 12 August 1750, Johanna [Anjouan]; 19 September 1750, Bombay; 3 November 1750, Cinde Road [Scindy Road]; 20 November 1750, Surat; 28 November 1750, Bombay; 20 December 1750, Surat; 26 January 1750 [Old Style]/26 January 1751 [New Style], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 5 March 1750 [Old Style]/5 March 1751 [New Style], Bombay; 25 September 1751, Surat; 22 November 1751, Bombay; 15 December 1751, Tillicherry [Tellicherry, Thalassery]; 27 January 1751 [Old Style]/27 January 1751 [New Style], Cochin [Kochi]; 4 February 1751 [Old Style]/4 February 1751 [New Style], Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 22 May 1752, St. Hellena [St Helena]; 13 August 1752, the Downs.Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journal, Will Bookey' (folio 1), and 'This is my Originall Journall keept aboard the Shaftesbury, Willm. Bookey' (folio 133).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Septr. [September] 1752.' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [miscellaneous]; H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, maintenance, and ballasting of the ship; details of the other ships with which the
Shaftesburysailed in convoy; contact with His Majesty's ships; sightings of country ships and other vessels; commodities carried; references to private trade (e.g. folio 68); names of passengers; deaths of crew members; and general remarks.References to fighting at Surat Castle in September 1751 between the British and the forces of the Scidee [Sidi]: folios 78-80.The journal is double-dated, where necessary, prior to 25 March 1752, giving both Old and New Style dates.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books:
Shaftesbury: Journal, 1750-52 (IOR/L/MAR/B/610E), and
Shaftesbury: Journal, 1754-55 (IOR/L/MAR/B/610F).1 file (134 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 134; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Shrewsburyfrom England to Bombay and Mokha [Mocha] (Captain Benjamin Jones), 1 May 1771-18 June 1773. The
Shrewsburydeparted from Portsmouth on 1 May 1771, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 17 September 1771, Johanna [Anjouan]; 25 November 1771, Bombay [Mumbai]; 16 January 1772, Surat; 24 January 1772, Bombay; 11 February 1772, Mahim; 20 February 1772, Surat; 28 May 1772, Aden; 9 June 1772, Mokha; 13 October 1772, Bombay; 30 March 1773, St Helena; 18 June 1773, the Downs.The journal begins with brief entries beginning on 1 January 1771, which document the weather and preparations made at Blackwall, Gravesend, and the Downs, prior to departure from Portsmouth. The main body of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds and Weather, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.1 file (131 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 131; 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.
List of different woolens for the Bushire market. The list is broken down by the type of cloth and its colour and also includes the number of bales of each variation.This item is not numbered (unlike the other items contained in the file).1 folio
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Fort St Georgefrom England to Bombay and back (Captain John Acton), 20 December 1743-25 August 1746 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Gravesend, 18 February 1744; left the Downs, 8 March 1744; left Spithead, 28 May 1744; 25 September 1744, Cape of Good Hope; 16 January 1745, Anjengo; 23 January 1745, Cochin [Kochi]; 25 March 1745, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 11 May 1745, Bombay; 23 October 1745, Goa; 6 November 1745, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 30 November 1745, Cochin; 4 December 1745, Anjengo; 23 February 1746, Cape of Good Hope; 10 June 1746, Gallway [Galway]; 26 July 1746, the Downs.Inscribed: 'This is My Original Journall, 25. Aug. 1746. John Acton' (folio 3).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Augt. [August] 1746' (folio 3).The following note has also been added at a later date on folio 1: 'The Fort St. George I believe'.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; details of the other ships with which the
Fort St Georgesailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; deaths of crew members; commodities carried (especially wool from Bandar Abbas, and pepper); and general remarks.The record is part of a volume containing five separate log books and other records:
Fort St George: Journal, John Acton, Captain, 1740-42 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632A);
Fort St George: Journal, 1743-46 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632B);
Fort St George: Journal, Robert Brown, Chief Mate, 1747-48 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632C);
Fort St George: Imprest Book, c. 1702 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632D); and
Fort St George: Receipt Book, c. 1722 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632E).1 file (165 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 165; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
This volume consists of a journal (log book) recorded by Robert Bootle, Commander of the East India Company ship
London. The entries are dated 3 October 1723 to 15 April 1725, and record the journey of the ship from England to Mocha and Bombay and back again to England.The journal records the ship’s departure from Deptford and arrival at Gravesend on 3 October 1723, and the ship passing the Lizard on 20 November 1723. The entries also record the ship anchoring at the following places: Table Bay (27 February to 16 March 1723/24); Mocha (7 May 1724 to 15 July 1724); Bombay Harbour (3 September to 15 September 1724); St Hellena [St Helena] (13 to 23 December 1724). The journal also records the ship’s arrival at Plymouth on 25 March 1725. (Both Old Style and New Style dates are given.)Journal entries for each day when the ship was at sail (past the Lizard) contain tables recording information including: hours of the day (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), wind direction, the number of miles sailed each day, and navigational information relating to latitude and longitude.The entries also include comments, mostly about the following: the direction of the wind and other comments about the weather; the course of the ship; adjustments to the sails and other actions performed on board the ship; and sightings of other ships, land, and birds.The ship was at anchor at Mocha for longer than the other places at which it anchored, and entries for when the ship was at Mocha also mention chests of treasure, iron, steel, and elephants’ teeth being unloaded from the ship and brought ashore, and bales of coffee being received on board the ship.There is a note on folio 2 of the volume stating that the journal was received on 12 May 1725.1 volume (99 folios)The journal 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 101; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
This volume consists of a journal (log book) recorded by William Upton, Captain of the East India Company ship
London. The entries are dated 4 April 1720 to 15 July 1722.The entries record the journey of the ship from Great Britain to the East Indies, and its arrival at the following places: Table Bay (26 June 1720), Bumbay [Bombay] (26 August 1720), Goa (26 October 1720), Bombay (13 November 1720), Surrat [Surat] (28 December 1720), Mocha (9 May 1721), Bombay (21 September 1721), Tillecherry [Thalassery] (20 January 1721/22), Table Bay (30 March 1722), St Hellena [St Helena] (4 May 1722), and the Downes [Downs] (15 July 1722).The entries mostly record: wind, rain and other weather conditions; the course of the ship and navigational information; sightings of other ships; and other occurrences such as encounters with pirates.The ship was at Mocha from 9 May to 20 August 1721, which was the longest stop of the journey, and journal entries for this period discuss matters relating to coffee and lead being received on board the ship and goods being sent ashore from the ship to the East India Company’s Factory at Mocha.A note on folio 1 of the volume states that the journal was received on 29 August 1722.1 volume (71 folios)The journal entries are arranged in 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 73; 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.
A list of the goods on board of the
Eagleand bound for Bombay including details of by whom they were shipped, to whom they were consigned and their values.1 folio
A journal recording a voyage of the East India Company ship
Moricefrom England to Mocha. The journal was recorded by the Chief Mate John Cary, and the Captain of the ship was Christopher Wilson (also spelled Willson in the journal).The journal entries are dated 24 August 1728 to 22 January 1729/30 [both Old Style and New Style dates are given in the journal, and years in this description are written as they appear in journal].The verso of the first folio of the journal contains the following inscriptions: ‘This is M Jn Carys Original Journall Chiefe Mate of the Morice, Chr: Wilson’ and ‘Rec.[eive] 3 June 1730’.The entries start when the ship was at Deptford, after which it moored at Gravesend, and subsequently anchored in the Downs.The entries then record the ship being anchored in the following places: Table Bay (23 January to 8 February 1728/9); Mocha (19 to 31 May 1729); Babelmandel [Perim or Mayyun in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait] Harbour (3 to 16 June 1729); Mocha (21 June to 31 July 1729); Bombay (17 August to 9 September 1729); and Tellecherry [Thalassery] (23 to 25 September 1729). The journal then records the ship anchoring in St Hellena [Saint Helena] Road on 17 December 1729, and it was still there when the entries end on 22 January 1729/30.The journal also includes a list of the ship’s company (folios 5 to 6), in the form of a table listing the names and quality (position or rank) of each member of the crew, with a column to indicate whether they had died, run away or had been discharged, and a column for the time when this had taken place (the latter two columns contain no entries).Daily entries for when the ship was at sea consist of tables recording the following: the date and day of the week; hours (H); knots (K); fathoms (F); courses; winds; weather; and other comments. These other comments mostly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions and sea conditions; other navigational measurements; sightings and bearings of land; sightings of, and encounters with, other ships and sailing vessels; and actions performed by the crew. These entries also sometimes include other comments relating to occurrences such as sightings of birds and other animals.Entries for when the ship was at anchor mainly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship and stowed away; goods unloaded from the ship into other ships; actions performed by the crew; and the arrival and departure of other ships.The entries also record illness and disease amongst the crew, and deaths of members of the crew.1 file (67 folios)The journal entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 67; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this 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.
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Monmouthfrom England to Mocha and Bombay, and back (Captain James Montgomery), 30 September 1731-7 November 1733 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 30 November 1731; 8 March 1732 Cape of Good Hope; 19 May 1732, Mocha; 4 September 1732, Bombay; 29 October 1732, Coachin [Cochin, Kochi]; 10 December 1732, Gomberoon [Gombroon, Bandar Abbas]; 27 January 1733, Bombay; 22 February 1733, Tillicherey [Tellicherry, Thalassery]; 5 March 1733, Anjanga [Anjengo, Anchuthengo]; 23 June 1733, St Hellena [St Helena]; 22 October 1733, Deptford.Inscribed: 'A Journal Book Kept By me James Montgomery Commander of the Good Ship Monmouth Commencing The 29 of September 1731 being the Day Establish'd Commander and Bound to Mocha and now Lying In Capt. Thomas Brundons Dry Dock', and (in a different hand), 'This is my Origanall Jurnall, J. Mt.gomery' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 9 Novr. [November] 1733' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in eight columns: [date and navigational details]; H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; Weather, and Remarkable Accidents [events]. A further column recording Depth or Soundings is also used occasionally. When the ship is at anchor entries appear in three columns: weekdays and months; winds; and remarks (the column headings are variously rendered). Symbols are occasionally used for the days of the week.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the ballasting, supplying, and provisioning of the ship; the maintenance of the ship; transport of Company officers and soldiers; details of the other ships with which the
Monmouthsailed 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 (e.g. timber for Bandar Abbas, and pepper); private trade; deaths of crewmembers; and general remarks.The journal also includes: a punishment for theft (folio 25); a 'dismall' account of deaths aboard a Dutch ship (folio 34); a report of the death of the Captain's son (folio 52); and details of cargo unloaded at Erith and Deptford (folios 150-152).1 volume (152 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 153; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has foliations anomaly, f 61a.
There is an original title on the front cover, but it is largely illegible.Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Nathanielfrom England to Mocha and Bombay, and back (Captain Jonathan Negus), 1714-16 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): 23 November 1714, leaves the Downs; 22 February 1715, Cape Good Hope [Cape of Good Hope]; 19 May 1715, Mocha; 28 September 1715, Bombay; 29 November 1715, Callicutt [Calicut]; 7 March 1716, Cape of Good Hope; 29 April 1716, St Helena; 20 August 1716, Deptford.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journall, Jona. Negus' (folio 2).The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: [Date], [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds, and [Remarks]. When the ship is in harbour, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information (described as the 'logg' [log]); weather; sightings of other vessels; notes of country ships; commodities traded (particularly coffee); the provisioning of the ship; and general remarks.Description of a massacre of twelve members of the ship's crew at Hawar, on the southern coast of Arabia, east of Aden, on 4 September 1715: folio 53.1 volume (133 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 135; 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 116-134, which have not been digitised.
Covers a number of topics related to the company's operations including matters related to trade, the composition of the council in Bombay and concerns about the company's information being shared with rival persons in England. Signed by Andrew Ramsay.4 folios
Journal of the voyage of the
Londonfrom England to Bombay, and back (Captain John Webb), 1763-65. The
Londonwas at Muscatt [Muscat] from 12 to 20 January 1765; at Busheere [Bushire] from 5 to 14 February 1765; and at Muscatt [Muscat] again from 28 February to 2 March 1765.Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journal in my own hand writing. John Webb' (folio 1).The last entry in the Journal is dated 20 December 1765. The Journal is marked 'Recd [Received] 26 Decr 1765'.The Journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The Journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships, sightings of other vessels, commodities carried, maintenance of the ship, and general remarks.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
London: Journal, 1757-59 (IOR/L/MAR/B/1A-B);
London: Journal, 1763-65 (folios 1-119, IOR/L/MAR/B/1D); and
London: Journal, 1766-69 (IOR/L/MAR/B/1E).1 file (119 folios)The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 119; 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.
This volume consists of a journal (log book) recording the second voyage of the East India Company ship
Prince Augustus(the Captain of which was Thomas Ryves until his death, after which William Jobson became Captain on 1 October 1723) to Mocha and Bombay, kept by the Chief Mate, William Wells. The journal entries are dated 1 August 1722 to 18 April 1725.It records the ship sailing from the Down Channell [the Downs Channel] on 26 November 1722, having been moored at Deptford and Gravesend prior to the Downs. The entries then record the ship being moored or anchored in the following places: Table Bay (28 March to 5 April 1723); Moha [Mocha] (3 June to 23 August 1723); Bombay (18 September to 14 November 1723); Surrat [Surat] (18 November to 6 December 1723); Bombay (9 to 17 December 1723); Mocha (7 January 1723 [New Style date 7 January 1724] to 15 July 1724); Bombay (2 to 17 August 1724); Carwar [Karwar] (23 August to 9 September 1724); Tellecherry [Thalassery] (15 to 19 September 1724); Cocheen [Cochin or Kochi] (21 to 24 September 1724); Table Bay (1 to 16 December 1724); and St Hellena [St Helena] (1 to 5 January 1725). The ship arrived at Plymouth on 30 March 1725, and went into the Wet Dock at Blackwall on 18 May 1725, which is the last daily entry in the journal.Daily entries for when the ship was at sea consist of tables recording the following: hours (H); knots (K); fathoms (F); courses; winds; weather; and other comments. These other comments mostly relate to the following: the weather; the position and course of the ship (including navigational measurements); sightings of other ships; and actions performed by the crew.Daily entries for when the ship was moored or at anchor consist of comments, mainly relating to the following: the weather; goods and provisions received and stowed on board the ship; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; and goods and chests of treasure unloaded from the ship and taken ashore.The journal also includes: sailing instructions to aid the
Prince Augustusand the
Barringtonin keeping in company with each other (folio 6 verso to folio 8 recto); a list of crew members who sailed from England on board the
Prince Augustus(folio 13 recto); a list of crew members who had run away from the ship (folio 164 recto); a list of the crew members and passengers who returned to England on the ship (folio 164 verso); a list of crew members who had died on board the ship (folio 165 recto); and a list of crew members who had been discharged from the ship (folio 165 recto).1 volume (173 folios)The journal 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 169; 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.