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IOR/L/MAR/A/LII
- Record Id:
- 040-001104380
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-001104326
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000335
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082437074.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/A/LII
- Title:
- John Vian’s Journal on the Discovery
- Scope & Content:
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The volume is part of the Marine Department Records, Ships’ Journals. Inscribed: ‘A Journall [Journal] kept by me John Vian from England to Endie [India] and Persia and from there backe agayn [back again] in the good ship Discoverie [Discovery], Capt. John Bickell, Commander in the yeare. [year] Anno: 1629.’ A note on the front cover also states ‘25 March 1629. Discovery, Charles, Reformation, London, Samuel Pinnace.’ The log provides navigational information; notes of sightings of other vessels, Dutch ships in particular; and general remarks.
The journal covers the voyage of the East India Company ship Discovery from England to Surat and Persia, and back, 1629-31, including the following places: Cape Bonsperance [Cape of Good Hope]; Island of St Larence [St Laurence/Madagascar]; the Island of Mayotos [Mayotte]; the Island of Molala [Mohilla]; the Coast of Endies [the Indies]; Surrat [Surat] port; port of Swalie [Swalley/Suvali]; Comoron [Bandar ‘Abbas, also known as Gombroon at this time]; St Johns along the Coast of Endies [Indies]; the Moritissis [Mauritius]; St Augustine [Bay of St Augustin]; Island of Johana [Anjouan]; Bassen [Bassein/Vasai]; Porsia [Persia]; Bay of Saldanie [Saldanha Bay]; and the Island of St Hellna [St Helena].
The three types of navigational information mentioned are, Lat [Latitude], Log [Longitude], and Mrc [Mercator/ Mercator projection, which is a type of a flat map of the globe, devised by Gerardus Mercator in 1569].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104326
040-001104380 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/A : Ships' Journals
IOR/L/MAR/A/LII : John Vian’s Journal on the Discovery - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0001]/036-001104326[0057]/040-001104380
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (50 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000335
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1629
- End Date:
- 1631
- Date Range:
- 25 Mar 1629-16 Dec 1631
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 46; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)