Two manuscript volumes containing logbook entries, journal entries, rental accounts, and descriptions of voyages by Thomas Bowrey. The journal volume contains "An Account of the Journall of a Voyage from England to Bengall...in the Worcester East Indiaman commanded by Captn. Thomas Bowrey...1689...1691;" "A Description & account of the Different Islands & bays on the NW Coast...and Likewise the Behaviour of the Natives from Each different place," with three coastal maps; drawings of an escutcheon and a burial monument; leasehold accounts; and extracts from Shakespeare.
Alternative Title:
An Account of the Journall of a Voyage from England to Bengall... in the Worcester East Indiaman commanded by Captn. Thomas Bowrey from the 11th of December 1689 to the 14th of December 1691
Description:
spine label with "Account Book" in gilt
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India)--Commerce, Bengal (India)--Description and travel, Bengal, Bay of--Commerce, Bengal, Bay of--Maps, India--History--1526-1765, Malabar Coast (India)--Description and travel, Malabar Coast (India)--Navigation, Northwest Passage--Description and travel, and Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British
Subject (Name):
East India Company and English Company Trading to the East-Indies
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy--Observations, Explorers--Great Britain, Nautical charts--Malabar Coast (India), Spice trade--England--17th century, and Spice trade--Great Britain--17th century
Consisting of a collection of musical extracts and verse, mostly French, Italian, Scottish, and English ballads, with a very early version of the British national anthem [ca. 1745] beginning: God save Great George our King.
Description:
40 pages of red ruled blanks at end unscanned., Anonymous MS., and Bookplate of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, (1763-1827) son of George III.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Kings and rulers --Songs and music
Subject (Name):
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, provenance
Subject (Topic):
Anthems, National songs --Great Britain, Songs--Early works to 1800, and Songs--Texts--Early works to 1800
Anonymous manuscript. and Contains poems and poetical extracts by various authors, in various hands.
Alternative Title:
Miscellanies
Description:
Binding: half calf, with title: Miscellanies., Bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements., and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.