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IOR/L/MAR/A/VI
- Record Id:
- 040-001104332
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-001104326
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001a5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083064181.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/A/VI
- Title:
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'Short observations of the 3d. viage 1607 in the Dragon'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume consists of a summary of the original journal of William Keeling concerning the Third Voyage of the East India Company to India, 1607-10. The summary was probably drawn up by an East India Company scribe in London. The extracts relate to Keeling's service as Captain successively of the Dragon, 1607-08, and the Hector, 1608-09. Keeling instructed the Dragon to set sail for England on 23 November 1608 (folio 4).
The two ships concerned were the Dragon [full title the Red Dragon]: voyage to Bantam, 1607-09 (Captain William Keeling, later Gabriell Towerson), and Hector: voyage to Surat and Bantam (Captain William Hawkins, later William Keeling), 1607-10.
The Dragon left the Downs on 12 April 1607; reached Saldania [Saldanha, Cape of Good Hope] on 17 December 1607, anchored at Abderacaria [Abd al Kuri, Socotra] on 25 April 1608, was at Priaman [Pariaman, Indonesia] in July 1608, and was at Bantam [Banten, Indonesia] from October to November 1608. The Hector was at Banda [the Banda Islands] from February 1608 [New Style date February 1609] to August 1609, and at Bantam from August to October 1609.
Note on front cover: '12 March 1606/7. Dragon, Consent, Hector' and '1606/7. 3d Voyage' (folio 2).
Inscribed: 'The princepall notes of the third voyadge [sic] to the East Indies by William Keelinge [Keeling] Governor Begunne the 12th of March Anno. Domino 1607' (folio 3).
The summary covers: general navigational information; winds; the provisioning of the ship; descriptions of trading activity; commodities traded (especially pepper, spices, and cloth); references to Dutch trading activity; and general remarks.
The decision to establish an English factory at Bantam, with Augustine Spaulding as Chief Factor, is described on folio 5.
The dates of the entries (where indicated) are Old Style (Julian calendar).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104326
040-001104332 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/A : Ships' Journals
IOR/L/MAR/A/VI : Short observations of the 3d. viage 1607 in the Dragon - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0001]/036-001104326[0006]/040-001104332
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001a5
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1607
- End Date:
- 1609
- Date Range:
- 12 Mar 1607-5 Oct 1609
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- 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 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- N3-F
- Arrangement:
- The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Publications:
- A full transcription of the journal can be found in: Richmond Barbour, The Third Voyage Journals: Writing and Performance in the London East India Company, 1607-10 (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), pp 235-242.
- Exhibitions:
- Shakespeare in Ten Acts, British Library, London, 15 April 2016 - 6 September 2016
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Brown paper wrapper with the date of the 3rd voyage and names of the three ships. Exhibited: Shakespeare in Ten Acts, British Library, London, 15 April 2016 - 6 September 2016