Charles : Journal, Henry Crosby [‎front] (1/78)

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Journal kept by Henry Crosby between 1619 and 1624, including voyages on the East India Company ships Charles and Exchange .

Folios 8-15 cover the voyage of the Charles from England to Surat, March-October 1619, from Surat to Jasquet [Bandar-e Jask, Iran] and back, November 1619-January 1619 [New Style date, 1620], and from Surat to Achine [Banda Aceh, Indonesia], March-April 1620 (Captain John Bickell).

Folios 15-16 state that Henry Crosby departed Achine aboard the Rauebucke in July 1620 and spent the next months trading along the coast of Sumatra before arriving at Jakatraye [Jakarta] in December. The Rauebucke could be presumed to be the same as the East India Company ship Roebuck , except that the journal for the Roebuck found in IOR/L/MAR/A/XXX states that the ship is travelling between the Cape of Good Hope and Surat in July-December 1620.

For the remainder of the journal it is not clear which ship Crosby is aboard, until he arrives in England aboard the Exchange (Captain Richard Swanley). It has been presumed that he departed from Jakatraye in the Exchange , as there is no further mention of him changing ships.

Folios 16-24 cover the voyage, presumably of the Exchange , from Jakatraye to patrol the coast of Mozambique as part of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet of Defence, with a base at the Island of Molala [Moheli, Comoros], October 1621-July 1622.

Folios 24-29 cover continued service with the Anglo-Dutch Fleet of Defence, travelling from Molala to Surat, August-October 1622, patrolling the coast of India and joining a blockade of Goa, November 1622-April 1623, and arriving at Jakatraye in June 1623. Folio 28 describes an earthquake that was felt at sea off the coast of Sumatra on 27 May 1623.

Folios 29-34 cover the voyage of the Exchange , accompanied by the East India Company ship Elizabeth , from Jakatraye to England, December 1623-June 1624.

The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, including engagements against Portuguese ships, and general observations.

The margins contain several pencil annotations, presumed to have been added by someone within the 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. during the twentieth century.

The dates provided in folios 8-20 have been altered to a year earlier than originally written. The altered dates fit with the remainder of the volume and are presumed to be correct.

Extent and format

1 volume (35 folios)

Arrangement

The entries are recorded in 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 37; 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.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English in Latin script

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