Recto: The KENT takes on board a cargo of 130 tons of pepper. They watch a performance by local people which includes fire-breathing. Verso: The KENT meets the frigate PHENIX, whose crew describe an encounter with a hostile 'sanganie' ship. The KENT sails to Thalassery to load pepper and cardamoms.
Page 235 and 236 of Edward Barlow's journal.
Page 235 (recto): The East India Company factory at Calicut (now known as Kozhikode) has no pepper for the KENT, but they obtain a cargo of 130 tons from a factory in Thalassery, which is thrown loose into the hold. Barlow describes the local produce. He sees a show performed by local people, with ingenious tricks such as fire-breathing.
Page 236 (verso): The Company frigate PHENIX stops an 'interloper' ship trying to leave the river at Surat. The crew confirm the death of King Charles II and describe an encounter with a hostile 'sanganie' ship. The KENT sails to Thalaserry to load pepper and cardamoms.
Page 235 (recto): The East India Company factory at Calicut (now known as Kozhikode) has no pepper for the KENT, but they obtain a cargo of 130 tons from a factory in Thalassery, which is thrown loose into the hold. Barlow describes the local produce. He sees a show performed by local people, with ingenious tricks such as fire-breathing.
Page 236 (verso): The Company frigate PHENIX stops an 'interloper' ship trying to leave the river at Surat. The crew confirm the death of King Charles II and describe an encounter with a hostile 'sanganie' ship. The KENT sails to Thalaserry to load pepper and cardamoms.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/4/235-236 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1685-1686 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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