THE LOG-BOOK of CAPTAIN JOHN ANDERSON EDINBURGH, NATIONAL LIBRARY of SCOTLAND, ADV. MS. 33.3.14 Folio 1R1 the Woyage Of
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THE LOG-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JOHN ANDERSON EDINBURGH, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND, ADV. MS. 33.3.14 Folio 1r1 The Woyage of Cap: Jhone: Andersone Pilat Maior of a Fleit of Hollanders to ye orientall Indies2 wich went out from Haluerslusse3 in South Holland in Anno 1640. and Returned from thessnce, to ye Flee4 in ye Mounth of Julay 1643 Folio 2r December 29. The, 29. of december, wee made saile in ye Good shipe called Sartanchanbosche.5 from Haluerslusse6 ore Guries- gate,7 towards the Orientall India. hauing 289. Men quholl8 and sound in bodey with full instructione to 1 This folio is annotated ‘Denmilne 55’ and, in a different hand, ‘Ex Libris Biblioth- ecæ Facultatis Iuridicæ Edinburgi’. 2 The ‘Oriental Indies’ refers to South and South East Asia, more usually called the East Indies in contemporary sources. 3 Hellevoetsluis, a port south of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 4 The Vlie, which lies between the islands of Vlieland and Terschelling, the Netherlands. 5 The ship’s name was actually ’s Hertogenbosch, built for the Delft chamber in 1631. Her departure on her third voyage to the East Indies is recorded in DAS, II, p. 84. no. 0566.3. The master of the ’s Hertogenbosch on this voyage was Cornelis Leendertsz Blauw. According to DAS, she was 600 lasts, though Anderson (fol. 55r) puts her at 1,400 tons. Anderson’s tonnages for other ships mentioned in the text are often at odds with those recorded by modern scholars. One last is approximately two tons. The vessel departed from Goeree on 29 December 1640 and arrived in Batavia on 12 May 1641. She carried 216 seamen and 67 soldiers (and presumably 7–8 officers). Anderson’s log contains a minor discrepancy, stating in different places a total num- ber of 289 (fol. 2r, 29 December 1640) and 290 (fol. 17r, 10 May 1641). Since no ports of call are recorded en route and no deaths are reported, the 290 figure can be surmised to have been rounded up or else Anderson did not include himself in the first count but did in the second. 6 Hellevoetsluis, a port south of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 7 Goereesegat, the roads of Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands. 8 In Older Scots the letters ‘quh’ are used to describe the equivalent of ‘wh’ in Eng- lish. See Editorial Practice. 124 Folio 2r December 1640 lay one no quher If siknes or other inconveniences did not vrge ws 30. The 30. day wee had sight of Douer9 Calis,10 and Dunkirke11 hauing all ye three kingdomes in veiu of ws. the wind. N. E courss W. aboute three in ye afternoone we passed ye heades betuix England and France 31. The 31. day being past ye headdes of England and France wee sayled in 24. houres 194. Scottes Myles and was passed ye starthead of England by west Dart- emouthe12 some 18. Myles from ye Land with ane hard storme from ye North Easte. Folio 3r The wind was E. N. E. and our coursse W. S. W. harde stormie windes. and in this 24. houres wee sayled 144. Scotts Myles.13 Januarij 1. 2d. The second day of Ianuarij our coursse being W. S. W. wee sayled in 24. houres14 space, 172. Scottes Myles ye wind at East and a harde storme. and fand our selues 48. degrees and .10 Minutts. distant from the Equinoc- tiall. N. Latitude. this day ther came 2. shippes by ws ye Bull of Amsterdam bound for Ginea15 and ye Antelope of Delfte16 bound for Brasill17 3d. The 3d. day hauing changed our coursse, to S. W we rune, 180. Scottes Myles. wee geste, our Latitude to be 46. and 2. Minuttes. and our Longitude to be .3. degrees 9 Dover, England. 10 Calais, France. 11 Dunkirk, France. 12 Dartmouth, England. 13 Scottes Myles: One Scots mile = 1,814 metres. See notes on mileage for a conver- sion chart between Scots miles, Nautical miles, English miles and kilometers. 14 The ‘es’ is written over two other letters. 15 Guinea. 16 These two ships, theStier (Bull) and the Antilope, await further identification. It is likely that they were private ships and not Dutch West India Company vessels. 17 Brazil..