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IOR/L/MAR/A/LIX
- Record Id:
- 040-001104387
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-001104326
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x00033c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100081223145.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/A/LIX
- Title:
- 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 [Bandar Abbas, Iran]
- Surratt to Comorone and back, January-April 1634
- Surratt to Massipitan [Machilipatnam, India], April-September 1634, via Morisheus [Mauritius], St Lawrence and Comoros
- Massipitan to Comorone, December 1634-March 1635
- Comorone to Bumbee [Bombay, India], April-May 1635
- Bumbee to Syndie [Karachi, Pakistan], September-November 1635, via Surratt
- Syndie to Surratt, January-March 1636, via Comorone.
Folios 93-132 cover the following voyages of the London (Captain Matthew Wills):
- Surratt to Massipitan, May-June 1636, via Gorre [Goa, India]
- Massipitan to Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia], August-October 1636
- Bantam to England, January-July 1637.
The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104326
040-001104387 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/A : Ships' Journals
IOR/L/MAR/A/LIX : A jurnall kepte by me William Speare bound for the East Indies in the good Shipp Discovery begininge the firste day of Marche Anno… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0001]/036-001104326[0064]/040-001104387
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (151 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x00033c
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1633
- End Date:
- 1637
- Date Range:
- 7 Mar 1633-18 Jul 1637
- 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 155; 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 133-153, which have not been digitised.
- 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)