'Clove: Journals on Clove (21 Feb 1617-15 Jun 1617, John Munden), Hector (28 Feb 1614-13 Jun 1615, John Munden, mate) and New Year's Gift (30 Jun 1614-16 Oct 1614, George Downton?)'

Content

Journal of the voyage of the Hector, Solomon , and New Year’s Gift from England to Bantam [Banten], Java, 28 February 1613 [New Style date 28 February 1614] to 15 June 1617, written by John Munden of the Hector ship. The journal contains daily entries with monthly columns. There are brief entries for the year 1616. The journal doesn't mention which ships returned.

The journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information under the following column headings: latitude, leagues, course, wind, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor or sailing near shore, the entries consist of general remarks.

Notable places mentioned include the following: Delisha (a port town on the coast of Socotra), Suratt [Surat], the coast of India, Summatra [Sumatra], and Java.

The journal mentions the cargo, e.g. pepper on the Hector (f 22). Also included are drawings of the Cape of Degulias [Cape Agulhas], Cape Falsa [False Bay], and the Cape of Good Hope (ff 26-27).

Extent and format

1 volume (38 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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 42; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/MAR/A/XX

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Feb 1614-15 Jun 1617 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Ships logsTrade (practice)Weather

Places

SurettCape of Good HopeBantamSocotra

People & organisations

SolomonNew Year's GiftHectorCloveHectorClove

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'Clove: Journals on Clove (21 Feb 1617-15 Jun 1617, John Munden), Hector (28 Feb 1614-13 Jun 1615, John Munden, mate) and New Year's Gift (30 Jun 1614-16 Oct 1614, George Downton?)', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MAR/A/XX, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0001b3> [accessed 2 July 2026]

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