The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies
The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies

Author: Clements Robert Markham

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2015-09-02

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9781341214158

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The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt;, To the East Indies
The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt;, To the East Indies

Author: Clements Robert Markham

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781333054205

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Excerpt from The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt;, To the East Indies: With Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, During the Seventeenth Century, Preserved in the India Office; And the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606), To Seek the North-West Passage The expedition sailed from Woolwich on the 13th of February 1600, with 480 men. The General, James Lancaster, was on board the Dragon. This vessel was bought from the Earl of Cumberland for her former name having been the [malice Scourge. She was launched on the 1lth of December 1599, and rechristened the Red Dragon, being a vessel of 600 tons, with a crew of 202 men.1 John Middleton was on board the vice-admiral, the Hector, of 800 tons, with a crew of 108 men. The Ascension, commanded by William Brand, was a vessel of 260 tons, with a crew of 82 men; and the Susan, of 240 tons, under John Heyward, had 88 men. The Guest, of 130 tons, was added as a victualler. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt. , to the East Indies
The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt. , to the East Indies

Author: Clements R. Markham

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08-26

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9781688784468

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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, first published in 1877, contains four contemporary accounts of the voyages of Sir James Lancaster (c. 1555-1618) between 1591 and 1600 together with the journal of Captain John Knight from his 1606 voyage to discover the 'North-West Passage'. Sir James Lancaster was one of the leading traders and explorers of the Elizabethan era, whose first voyage to India in 1591 was instrumental in establishing the East India Company in 1600.

The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, Describing His Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago
The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, Describing His Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago

Author: John Jourdain

Publisher:

Published: 1905

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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John Jourdain (died 1619) was a British captain in the service of the East India Company. He joined the company as a factor in 1607 and first sailed on its "Fourth Voyage" to India, making stops along the way at the Cape of Good Hope, Socotra and other Indian Ocean islands, and Aden and Mocha in Yemen, before arriving at Surat. The Fourth Voyage consisted of two ships, the Union and the Ascension. A pinnace was built and added to the two ships during a stop at Table Bay. The voyage encountered many problems, and the ships never made it back to England. Bad weather in the Indian Ocean separated the vessels, and hostilities with the Portuguese and with the natives often broke out, making the voyage the worst in the company's early history. After failing to secure a trading post in India and dismayed with the time and gifts they wasted on Mughal officials, the British headed back to the Red Sea, where they resorted to seizing and ransoming Indian ships near Mocha. Jourdain was later sent on a mission to Sumatra, this time to challenge the Dutch monopoly on trade in the Spice Islands. The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, Describing his Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago is the author's narrative of the nine years he was away while serving in the East India Company. The book begins with a lengthy introduction summarizing and elucidating the events that Jourdain chronicled in his journal. It begins on March 25, 1608, when he left the Downs, on the southeast coast of England, and ends on June 19, 1617, when his journal ceased with a final entry written near Dungeness, on the way to the Downs. On a later journey, Jourdain was shot by a Dutch sniper in Patani, India and died from his wounds in July 1619. The journal entries vary in length and substance, from brief descriptions of the weather conditions at sea to much longer accounts of events and places. Lists of authorities, bibliographies, and appendices of people and places are given at the end of the book.