Journal on Jonas and Exchange [‎23r] (50/94)

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Journal of the voyages of the East India Company ships Jonas [referred to as 'Jonah'] and Exchange , kept by an unidentified officer, who served successively on both ships.

The journal concerns parts of the following voyages: Jonas , voyage from England to Surat, (Captain John Weddell, Master Richard Monck), 1632-35, and Exchange , voyage from England to Surat, and back, (Captain John Pynne, Master Richard Andrews), 1631-34.

The journal covers the following part of the voyage of the Jonas (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downes [Downs], 29 March 1631 [New Style date 29 March 1632]; 18 July 1632, Augustine bay [St Augustine's Bay]; 16 August 1632, Mohyla [Moheli]; 25 September 1632, Jasques [Jask]; 2 October 1632, Comeroune [Bandar Abbas]; 28 November 1632, Swalley Hole [Suvali, Surat]. On the 28 December 1632, the officer who compiled the journal was transferred to the Exchange . The journal then covers the following part of the Exchange 's voyage (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): 27 January 1632 [New Style date 27 January 1633], left Suvali; 29 March 1633, Tecoo [Tikus, Malaysia]; 25 June 1633, Pryaman [Pariaman, Indonesia]. The journal ends in August 1633, with the ship in the vicinity of Bancoola [Benkulu, Indonesia].

Inscribed: 'Laus Deo per m[are] & per Terras [Praise be to God on sea and land], Martii 14th aD1631 [14 March 1631/32]. Journall of a vioage [voyage] to Sarratt [Surat] in East India Beeinge a fleet of 5 sayle of ships viz. The Charles, Admirall, Jonah Viceadmirall, Dolphin, Reare-Admirall, The Hart & the Swallow, who God preserve & send safe to Theire desired ports. Amen (folio 5).

A memorandum states that the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. was transferred from the Jonas by a consultation of the council on 28 December 1632, to the Exchange , in order to undertake a voyage to the west coast of Sumatra. The journal is then inscribed: 'Ship Exchange, Laus Deo [Praise be to God] January 27 1632 [27 January 1633, New Style]' (folio 26).

The journal contains regular, nearly daily, entries. The entries are dated in the left hand margin, which also contains navigational readings, and occasional notes.

The journal records: navigational information; currents; winds; weather; deaths of crew members; references to the ships with which the Jonas and the Exchange sailed in convoy; and trading activity.

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

A undated note concerning the provenance and content of the journal appears on folio 2. The note states that the journal was purchased in 1894, and that the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. of the journal was probably one of the Master's Mates of the Jonas , but that it is not known in what capacity he served on the Exchange .

Extent and format

1 volume (43 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 45; 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.

Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

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