Recto: The SAMPSON journeys to Madras, where two maids looking for husbands are among the passengers who disembark. Barlow gives details of the war between the East India Company and the Great Mogul. Verso: Views of several capes and islands.
Page 259 and 260 of Edward Barlow's journal.
Page 259 (recto): After storm damage and repairs at sea the SAMPSON arrives Sri Lanka, which Barlow briefly describes. The next stop is Madras, where among the passengers who disembark are two maids who are looking for husbands; apparently they soon got married. Barlow gives details of the war between the East India Company and the Great Mogul.
Page 260 (verso): From top to bottom: "Cape Roseffgall" on the coast of Arabia (possibly Ras al Hadd?); "Cape Jesquets" at the entrance to the Gulf of Persia; the "High Land of St. John" and "Volintin's Peak" (Valentine's Peak) near Bombay; "Cape Averella" on the coast of "Couchen China" (Vietnam); Adams Peak, Sri Lanka.
Page 259 (recto): After storm damage and repairs at sea the SAMPSON arrives Sri Lanka, which Barlow briefly describes. The next stop is Madras, where among the passengers who disembark are two maids who are looking for husbands; apparently they soon got married. Barlow gives details of the war between the East India Company and the Great Mogul.
Page 260 (verso): From top to bottom: "Cape Roseffgall" on the coast of Arabia (possibly Ras al Hadd?); "Cape Jesquets" at the entrance to the Gulf of Persia; the "High Land of St. John" and "Volintin's Peak" (Valentine's Peak) near Bombay; "Cape Averella" on the coast of "Couchen China" (Vietnam); Adams Peak, Sri Lanka.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/4/259-260 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1692 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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