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IOR/L/MAR/B/135A
- Record Id:
- 040-001107030
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001107030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001399.0x000162
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083799617.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/135A
- Title:
- Phœnix’s Journall Capt. Jno. Carswell Comdr. to Borneo begun 16th. Decr. 1704 ended 17th. Septr. 1708.
- Scope & Content:
-
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Phoenix (spelled 'Phenix' throughout the record) from England to Borneo, and back (Captain John Carswell), 10 December 1704-17 September 1708 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downes [Downs], 5 January 1704 [Old Style]/5 January 1705 [New Style]; 7 May 1795, Cape of Good Hope; 25 June 1705, Johana [Anjouan]; 29 July 1705, Gomorun [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 7 December 1705, Batavia [Jakarta]; 19 January 1705 [Old Style]/19 January 1706 [New Style], Banjare [Banjarmasin]; 28 April 1706, Tonborneo [Tomborneo]; 15 August 1706, Banjarmasin; 1 January 1706 [Old Style]/1 January 1707 [New Style], Madura [Madura Island, Indonesia]; 11 April 1707, Batavia; 26 October 1707, Cape of Good Hope; 24 December 1707, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 14 April 1708, Lisbone [Lisbon]; 12 September 1708, St Helens [Portsmouth].
The ship was at Bandar Abbas from 29 July to 30 August 1705; at Banjarmasin and Tomborneo from 19 January 1705/6 to 3 December 1706; at Madura from 1 January 1706/7 to 4 April 1707; and at Batavia from 11 April to 26 July 1707.
Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journall the Phenix, Jno. Carswell' (folio 1).
Marked: 'Recd [Received] ye. 2d. Novembr. [2 November] 1708' (folio 1).
The journal records: navigational information (including runs of latitude readings in the left hand margin); weather; sea conditions; references to the ships with which the Phoenix sailed in convoy; the provisioning and maintenance of the ship; sightings of seabirds; cargoes carried (especially cloth at Bandar-e ʻAbbās, and bricks, pepper, and tea on Borneo); sightings of other (particularly Dutch) vessels; and reports of the deaths of crew members from disease.
Also included are a brief description of the island of Anjouan (folio 25); an account of a clash with local people at Madura, which resulted in the apparent murder of a number of members of the ship's crew (folios 71-72); references to the destruction of the Company's factory at Banjarmasin in 1707 (folio 80); and sketches of coastline, including Java, Madura, and Crocatore [Krakatoa] (folio 129).
The journal also includes a note (folio 5a) dated January [circa 1740?] referring to another ship named 'Phenix' [Phoenix], Master, David Arthur, bound to Barbadoes [Barbados] with a cargo of slaves. The note lists a number of contemporary events.
The journal is double-dated where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) dates.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001107030 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/135A : Phœnix’s Journall Capt. Jno. Carswell Comdr. to Borneo begun 16th. Decr. 1704 ended 17th. Septr. 1708. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[2504]/040-001107030
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (131 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001399.0x000162
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1704
- End Date:
- 1708
- Date Range:
- 10 Dec 1704-2 Nov 1708
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- 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 133; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The entries in the journal are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)