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IOR/L/MAR/A/LVIII
- Record Id:
- 040-001104386
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-001104326
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x00033b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083799607.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/A/LVIII
- Title:
-
Blessing: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Blessing from Poullambin Point [Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia] to Surrat [Surat] and England, 1631-33 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Poullambin Point, 16 August 1631; 28 November 1631 Swalley Hole [Suvali, Surat]; 26 February 1631 [New Style date 26 February 1632], Gombroone [Bandar Abbas]; 8 April 1632, Suvali; July 1632, Morushes [Mauritius]; 12 November 1632, Cape of Good Hope; 10 December 1632, Santaleena [St Helena]; 22 April 1633, the Downs.
The ship was at Mauritius from July to October 1632.
Inscribed on the front (inner) cover of the volume: 'The Blessing', and 'Name of the Ship does not appear' (folio 2).
The journal contains regular dated entries, with navigational readings and notes in the left hand margin.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; references to the other ships with which the Blessing sailed in convoy; and sightings of Dutch ships.
The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) dates only.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104326
040-001104386 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/A : Ships' Journals
IOR/L/MAR/A/LVIII : Blessing: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0001]/036-001104326[0063]/040-001104386
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (38 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x00033b
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1631
- End Date:
- 1633
- Date Range:
- 13 Aug 1631-30 Apr 1633
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 42; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 30-40, which have not been digitised. Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- No. 75-F
- 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)