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The record is made up of 1 volume (151 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1633-18 Jul 1637. 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 voyages of the Discovery and the London kept 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 1634
  • Surratt to Massipitan [Machilipatnam, India], April-September 1634, via Morisheus [Mauritius], St Lawrence and Comoros
  • Massipitan to Comorone, December 1634-March 1635
  • Comorone to Bumbee [Bombay, India], April-May 1635
  • Bumbee to Syndie [Karachi, Pakistan], September-November 1635, via Surratt
  • Syndie 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 1636
  • Bantam to England, January-July 1637.

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

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1 volume (151 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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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 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 133-153, which have not been digitised.

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IOR/L/MAR/A/LIX
Title
'A jurnall kepte by me William Speare bound for the East Indies in the good Shipp Discovery begininge the firste day of Marche Anno dm 1632'
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:133v, 154r:154v, back-i
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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Open Government Licence