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IOR/L/MAR/A/XLIV

Record Id:

040-001104373

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-001104326

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001ce

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100095791085.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/MAR/A/XLIV

Title:

Journal: Discovery, David Davis

Scope & Content:

Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Discovery from England to Surat, Persia [Iran] and Java, (Captain Johnson), 1626-1629, (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated). The Discovery departed from the Downs on 16 April 1626 and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations: 30 July 1626, Johanna [Anjouan]; 15 October 1626, Bombay [Mumbai]; 24 October 1626, Saratt [Surat]; 18 January 1627, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; March, Saratt; 27 May 1627, Batavia [Jakarta]; October, Surat; 12 May 1628, Cape [of Good Hope]; 15 June 1628, St Helena; 25 October 1628, Downs.

Daily entries for when the ship was in port and at anchor record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship; goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; members of the crew receiving corporal punishment; and deaths of members of the crew.

The journal also records (folio 39) the Discovery anchoring with East India Company ships the Mary, the Hart and the Starr.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001104325
036-001104326
040-001104373

Is part of:

IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/A : Ships' Journals

IOR/L/MAR/A/XLIV : Journal: Discovery, David Davis

Hierarchy:

032-001104325[0001]/036-001104326[0050]/040-001104373

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (117 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001ce

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1626

End Date:

1629

Date Range:

7 Apr 1626-18 Dec 1629

Era:

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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 119; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.

A previous foliation sequence, bottom right corner, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

The volume includes a sequence of blank pages ff 60-102, which have not been digitised.

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