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Falcon : Journal [31v] (67/122)
The record is made up of 1 volume (59 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1625-19 Oct 1626. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Falcon from England to Surat and Bantam (Captain Francis Pinder/Nicholas Norbury). The Falcon departed from the Downs in March 1625 and the journal covers the ship's visits to a number of destinations including the following (dates are those of arrival): 2 August 1625, Saint Lawrence [Madagascar]; 16 August 1625, Johhana [Anjouan]; 19 November 1625, Surat; 13 December 1625, Gombroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 6 June 1626, Cape Bona Sperance [Cape of Good Hope]; 5 July 1626, Saint Helena; October 1626, Surat.
The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in six columns: Month, Knots, Fathoms, Course, Winds, Variation with six days to view on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. folio with notes corresponding to those six days on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. folio. 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 dated according to the Julian calendar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (59 folios)
- Arrangement
The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 72; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 58-70, which have not been digitised.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/MAR/A/XLII
- Title
- Falcon: Journal
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, front-a, front-a-i, 3r:57v, 71r, back-a, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence