IOR/L/MAR/B/682C

Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Cadogan from England to Suratte [Surat] and Bombay between 17 January 1623 [New Style date 17 January 1624] and 7 April 1726 (Commander John Mill and Will Pricklove).

Inscribed: 'No1 An original journal of an intended voyage by Gods permission in the ship Cadogan, burthen 450 tons, carrying 30 guns, and 90 men. Jon Mill Commander bound to the Island of Bombay in the East India on the service of the Hon[ra]ble English East India Company, Anno 1723/4. James Sanders' (folio 1).

Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 5o April 1727' (folio 1).

The journal contains entries recorded nearly every day in seven columns: H [hour]; Courses; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in harbour or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only. Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style and New Style dates.

The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; provisioning (especially the provision of beer, liquor and barrels of jar); ballasting and maintenance of the ship; contact with other British ships, French ships, a Portuguese ship, Dutch ships, and country ships; sightings of other vessels; references to fish and birds encountered; descriptions of the daily life experienced on the ship by the crew, officers and passengers; a reference to the death of commander John Millis (folio 110); references to and descriptions of the coasts sighted during the course; deaths and escapes of crew members; the transportation of soldiers; descriptions of the inhabitants of the places where the ship anchors; punishment; private trade and cargoes; cargoes carried. The journal also includes the following:

• List of the officers and crew on the Cadogan, recording: names, stations (positions), place of entry, and whether they had run, had died or had been discharged (folios 1-2)
• List of passengers from England to Bombay (folio 2)
• List of soldiers (folio 2)
• List of ships that sailed out of England in the year 1723 in the service of the East India Company (folio 2).

The entries record the ship's arrival at the following places: Gravesend, 17 February 1723 [New Style date 17 February 1724] (folio 5); the Downs, 27 March 1724 (folio 8); Saint Iago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 22 May 1724 (folio 21); Point de Gawle [Point de Galle], 29 September 1724 (folio 52); Anjengo, 26 October 1724 (folio 58); Tellicherry [Thalassery] 10 November 1724 (folio 61); Bombay, 28 November 1724 (folio 65); Tellicherry, 24 December 1724 (folio 69); St George Island, Goa, 20 March 1724 [New Style date 20 March 1725] (folio 78); Bombay, 3 April 1725 (folio 81); Suratte, 19 April 1725 (folio 84); Muscat, 10 July 1725 (folio 105); Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 23 July 1725 (folio 108); Carack Island [Kharg Island], 25 September 1725 (folio 118); Bussorah [Basra], 6 October 1725 (folio 121); Gombroon, 23 February 1725 [New Style date 23 February 1726] (folio 135); Suratte, 18 March 1725 [New Style date 18 March 1726] (folio 140).