Journal on Roebuck and Hart , Richard Swan

Content

Journal of the voyages of the East India Company ships Roebuck and Hart kept by Richard Swan, in a fleet commanded by Admiral Andrew Shilling.

Folios 6-19 cover the voyage of the Roebuck , accompanied by East India Company ships Hart , Eagle and London , from England to Surratt [Surat, India], February 1619 [New Style date, 1620]-November 1620. Folio 17 contains a sketch map of the Mariala Isles or Laccadives [Lakshadweep].

Folios 19-24 cover the voyage of the Roebuck , accompanied by the London , from Surratt to Jasques [Bander-e Jask, Iran], November-December 1620. At Jasques they were reunited with the Hart as part of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet of Defence. Folios 21-23 include descriptions of pitched battles against Portuguese ships on the 16-17 and 28 December. Folio 24 describes the death of Admiral Shilling from wounds received in the second battle, the appointment of Captain William Baffin as commander, and the transfer of Richard Swan from the Roebuck to the Hart .

Folios 24-28 cover the voyage of the Hart , accompanied by the Roebuck and the London , from Jasques to Surratt, January-February 1620 [New Style date, 1621], and from Surratt to the Island of Mazera [Masirah, Oman], March-June 1621.

Folios 29-30 cover the voyage of the Hart , accompanied by the London , from Mazera to Surratt, August-September 1621, calling at Soor [Sur, Oman]. At some point after Mazera the Roebuck parted company with the other ships.

Folios 30-40 cover the voyage of the Hart , accompanied by the London , from Surratt to England, November 1621-June 1622.

The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.

The margins contain several pencil annotations, presumed to have been added by someone within the 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. during the twentieth century.

Extent and format

1 volume (47 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 49; 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.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/MAR/A/XXX

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Feb 1620-12 Jun 1622 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Ships logsWeatherTrade (practice)Marine navigation

Places

MazeraJasquesSurratt

People & organisations

Anglo-Dutch Fleet of DefenceLondonHartHartRoebuckRoebuck

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