'Miscellaneous Paper relating to the trade of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a variety of papers relating to trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. The volume is organised into four parts, with contents summarised on folio 4: Papers relating to trade with Suez, 1773-78: proceedings, letters, representations and answers (ff 5-57) Trade wit...
‘A journell for this p[re]sent voiage being bound by gods assistance to Sirratt in the East India, in the good shippe London […] Captaine Mathew Wills Comaunder by me James […] Birkedell Maisters Mate’
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of the journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship London (the commander of which was Captain Matthew Wills) from England to Sirratt [Surat] and back to England, recorded by the Master’s Mate James Birkdell. The entries are dated 12 March 1639 to 17 July ...
The journal of the East India Company ship Bute by Captain Maitland Commander. The journal contains: ‘A List of Officers Seamen & c. on Board the Ship’ (ff 2-4) and ‘A List of the Hon:ble Companies Soldiers for Madrass’ (ff 5-6) The journal also includes daily entries for the voyage (dates ...
'Papers relating to Seas, Rivers and Countries connected with Steam Navigation in Asia'
Scope & Content:
Volume containing journals and other descriptions of journeys in and around the Arabian Peninsula and India, particularly sea and river journeys. The volume contains: ‘Captain Wainwright's Remarks on the Navigation of the Persian Gulph 1809-1810’ (folios 3-28), containing a description of the n...
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
Scope & Content:
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 [B...
‘A Journall of John Graunt from the time of my arivall in Bantam rode unto departure in to ship mari riall partaining to the honerabell company of marchantes trading to ye. Est Indies as followeth’.
Scope & Content:
The volume is part of the Marine Department Records, Ships’ Journals. Inscribed: ‘Refuge overset near Bantam. Mary Royall from Bantam to England’. The Journal records the loss of the ship Refuge Which foundered three leagues southwest from Bantam Road, in 1628. And the ship Mary Royal’s voyage f...
'Abstracts of ship’s journals preserved in the India Office (1610-1623)'
Scope & Content:
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 volume is undated. It includes a tabular i...
‘The Ship Prince Augustus Journal Cap.n Thomas Ryves Com’andr Employ’d in the Service of the Right Honourble United East India Company and bound on a Voyage for Moha in Arabia – Kept by William Wells’
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of a journal (log book) recording the second voyage of the East India Company ship Prince Augustus (the Captain of which was Thomas Ryves until his death, after which William Jobson became Captain on 1 October 1723) to Mocha and Bombay, kept by the Chief Mate, William Wells....
'A Journal of a Voyage intended by God's permission from England to the East Indies on board the Walpole, 1726'
Scope & Content:
Journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship Walpole from England to Bengal (Captain Charles Boddam), January 1727-September 1729. The Walpole departed from the Downs on 7 March 1727, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of ...
The journal of the East India Company ship Princess Anne, commanded by Captain Nicholas Luhorne (fl 1710-1725), covering the period from 20 September 1716 to 4 February 1719. The journal contains: The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (19 October 1716), Margett [Margate] (3...
