'Abstracts of ship’s journals preserved in the India Office (1610-1623)' [ii-v] (11/332)
The record is made up of 1 volume (162 folios). It was created in c 1877-1947. 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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This volume contains handwritten abstracts of journals of the Seventh, Tenth, Second Joint Stock, Fifth Joint Stock, and Seventh Joint Stock voyages of the East India Company, dating from 1610 to 1624, which had been preserved in 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. . The volume is undated.
It includes a tabular index to abstracts numbered 1 to 30 (folio 2 verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. to folio 3), with columns listing the following: abstract number; voyage number; dates covered by the abstract; 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; ship; Chief Commander of the voyage; number of pages; and a brief description of the contents of the abstract. The abstracts included in this volume are numbers 9-11 and 13-30. There is a note on folio 1 of the volume stating that abstract numbers 1-8 and 11-12 'have been printed in the Hakluyt Society's volume containing the Narratives of the voyages of Sir James Lancaster'.
The volume contains abstracts of the following journals:
9. Peter W Flores [Floris] in the Globe , 5 January 1610/11 to 17 February 1614/15
10. Captain Thomas Best in the Dragon , 1 February 1611/12 to 15 June 1614
11. Extracts from several journals, April 1613 to July 1617
13. Edward Dodsworth, a merchant, in the Hope , 28 February 1613/14 to 2 November 1615
14. John Munden, Master’s Mate, in the Hector , 28 February 1613/14 to 20 June 1617
15. Journal of the New Year’s Gift , 9 March 1613/14 to 30 September 1614
16. Edmund Sayer, a merchant, in the junk Sea Adventure and another ship, 7 December 1615 to 22 October 1616
17. Journals of two voyages, one from Patania to Japan, and one from Japan to Bantam, 10 July to 11 September 1615, and 20 February 1615/16 to 26 April 1616
18. John Borden in the Clove , April 1616 to 19 June 1617
19. Edmund Sayer, a merchant, 20 March 1616/17 to 7 September 1617
20. Captain Robert Adams in the Bull , 5 March 1616/17 to 29 December 1618
21. Captain John Rowe in the Expedition , 30 October 1618 to 10 January 1618/19
22. Richard Bragge, Master’s Mate, in the Moon , 25 July to 5 November 1618
23. Henry Crosbye in the Charles and other vessels, 21 March 1618/19 to 19 June 1624
24. Archibald Jennison in the London , 25 March 1620 to 18 June 1622
25. Richard Swan in the Roebuck and the Hart , 4 February 1619/20 to 12 June 1622
26. Captain Richard Swanley in the Exchange , 18 March 1619/20 to 24 June 1624
27. John Wood, Master, in the Lesser James , 14 January 1620/21 to 27 May 1621
28. Richard Swanley in the Jonas and the Lion , 19 March 1620/21 to 23 July 1623
29. Logs of the Palsgrave , the Bull and the Ann Royal , 23 November 1621 to 5 September 1622
30. Log of the Elizabeth , 25 March to 7 November 1623, and 18 December 1623 to 21 February 1623/24
Dates are given in both Old Style and New Style years.
The most detailed abstracts are numbers 9, 10, 13, 15, 21, 23 and 25.
Most of the abstracts include tables of storms recorded in each journal, with columns usually listing the following for each storm: date, latitude, longitude, course, wind direction, and the description of the storm in the journal.
The final folio of each abstract usually includes a brief summary of what is recorded in the parts of the journals which have been abstracted, and the summaries for the shorter abstracts often include comments by the creator of this volume stating that (in the opinion of the creator) the abstracts contain little or no 'matter of interest'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (162 folios)
- Arrangement
The abstracts are arranged by voyage number, and in approximate chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 158; 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.
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- Title
- 'Abstracts of ship’s journals preserved in the India Office (1610-1623)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:158v, iii-r:iv-v, 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