Blessing : Journal [‎8v] (21/66)

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Ref: IOR/L/MAR/A/LVIII

The record is made up of 1 volume (38 folios). It was created in 13 Aug 1631-30 Apr 1633. 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 Blessing from Poullambin Point [Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia] to Surrat [Surat] and England, 1631-33 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Poullambin Point, 16 August 1631; 28 November 1631 Swalley Hole [Suvali, Surat]; 26 February 1631 [New Style date 26 February 1632], Gombroone [Bandar Abbas]; 8 April 1632, Suvali; July 1632, Morushes [Mauritius]; 12 November 1632, Cape of Good Hope; 10 December 1632, Santaleena [St Helena]; 22 April 1633, the Downs.

The ship was at Mauritius from July to October 1632.

Inscribed on the front (inner) cover of the volume: 'The Blessing', and 'Name of the Ship does not appear' (folio 2).

The journal contains regular dated entries, with navigational readings and notes in the left hand margin.

The journal records: navigational information; weather; references to the other ships with which the Blessing sailed in convoy; and sightings of Dutch ships.

The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) dates only.

Extent and format

1 volume (38 folios)

Arrangement

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 42; 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 30-40, which have not been digitised. Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/MAR/A/LVIII
Title: Blessing: Journal
Pages: Front, Back , Spine, edge , head, tail, front-i , 2r:29v, 41r:41v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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