Recto: Near San Diego a youth falls into the sea and is drowned. On the way to Java a swordfish weighing 60 pounds is caught. Verso: Bantam, Java.

Page 165 and 166 of Edward Barlow's journal.

Page 165 (recto): Twelve weeks out from the island of San Diego they see the RETURN. Soon after, a youth falls from the fore topsail yard of the EXPERIMENT and is drowned. A swordfish weighing 60 pounds is caught and eaten. They approach Java and hear that the ZANT arrived at Bantam a month ago.

Page 166 (verso): Bantam (also known as Banten), Java.

Record Details

Item reference: JOD/4/165-166
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1672
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London