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Journal: Discovery , David Davis [22v] (49/156)
The record is made up of 1 volume (117 folios). It was created in 7 Apr 1626-18 Dec 1629. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Discovery from England to Surat, Persia [Iran] and Java, (Captain Johnson), 1626-1629, (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated). The Discovery departed from the Downs on 16 April 1626 and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations: 30 July 1626, Johanna [Anjouan]; 15 October 1626, Bombay [Mumbai]; 24 October 1626, Saratt [Surat]; 18 January 1627, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; March, Saratt; 27 May 1627, Batavia [Jakarta]; October, Surat; 12 May 1628, Cape [of Good Hope]; 15 June 1628, St Helena; 25 October 1628, Downs.
Daily entries for when the ship was in port and at anchor record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship; goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; members of the crew receiving corporal punishment; and deaths of members of the crew.
The journal also records (folio 39) the Discovery anchoring with East India Company ships the Mary , the Hart and the Starr .
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (117 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 119; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, bottom right corner, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
The volume includes a sequence of blank pages ff 60-102, which have not been digitised.
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- IOR/L/MAR/A/XLIV
- Title
- Journal: Discovery, David Davis
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, front-a, front-a-i, 3r:59v, 103r:117v, back-a-i, back-a, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence