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The Voyage of Thomas Best to the East Indies, 1612-14
Sir William Foster, Sir William Foster
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The Voyage of Thomas Best to the East Indies, 1612-14
Sir William Foster, Sir William Foster
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Journals, extracts from journals, and narratives, written on board the Dragon and Hosiander by Best and various other persons, including Ralph Standish and Ralph Croft, with Best's correspondence and extracts from the Court minutes of the East India Company. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1934.
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The Journal of Captain Thomas Best
A JORNALL of the Tenth Voyage intended to the East India, sett out by the Right Worshipfull Sir Thomas Smith, Knight, the Governour, and the Companie of the Merchauntts trading those partes. In which voyage were ymployed two shippes, viz. the Dragon and the Hoseander, accompanied with the James and Salomon (but those for other Voyages1); and in them2 to the number of 380 persons or thereabouts. Written by me, Thomas Best, cheiffe comaunder thereof (though thereof most unworthy). Which voyage, with eache particuler thereof, the Lord in mercy prosper, even for Jesus Christes sake. February 1611. [1612.]
In the Name of God, Amen.
1. The first of February we sett saile from Gravesend, and anckored in Tylbury Hope.
3. I departed Tilbury Hope, and anckored about the east end of the Whiteaker3.
4. We weighed and came at night into the Downes.
10. We did set saile, with a faire winde.
11. At foure in the morninge were thwart of Beachie. At 10 a clocke anckored east from the lie of Wight, some 6 legues of[f]. The afternoone, winde at west.
12. We laie of[f] and on of Beachie; the winde at north-west.
13. We put into the lie of Wight, and anckored on the east parte of Stokes Bay1.
16. Having invited Captain Towerson2 aboarde to dynner, and takinge their leave in the afternoone, I havinge in purpose to have given them three peeces, and givinge fire to the first, it brake, and killed Richard Greene and greevously hurt John Jackson and James Boswell.
20. At night John Jackson died; he havinge received his’ deaths wounde by the peece that brake.
21. We all weighed. I and the James came out at St. Helens3. The Salomon at first bare upp for Hurst. The Hoseander plyed for St. Helens, but the leeward tyde came before she could get about; [so she] bare upp for Hurst to come out at the Needles, and came to us about 4 in the afternoone. But the Salomon anckored in Yarmouth roade (as Mr. Petty4 toulde us), for what cause I knowe not. Some 16 or 20 saile of shippes came out at the Needells, and she only stayed behinde. All this night little winde.
22. At 7 in the morninge the winde came at E.N.E., a freshe gale. At 12 we were at the Starte; where I layed it by the lee, called a counsell, and in the time of consultation the Salomon came into our companie agayne. Blessed be God. At 6 at night the Start was N.E., some 8 legues of[f].
23. From 6 overnight to 12 this day1 S.W. and S.W. by W.2; legues 37.
24. W. by S.; legues 36.
25. S.S.W.; legues 52.
26. S.S.W.; legues 56.
27. S. by W.; legues 25. Then our maine yarde broke, 12 foote from the tye short of it; then shewing to be a humlock tree3, very drie and even rotten. At this tyme the wether very faire and the sea smooth; which sheweth the badnes of the tree, the want of care in Mr. Burrell and of honestie or skill in Chanlar4.
28. S. and S. by E.; legues 32. This evening we came into the company of the Hoseander againe, and the [night?] after lost her againe.
29. N. and N. by E.; legues 19.
Marche 1. S.; legues 12. At 9 at night, having fithed5 our maine yarde and fitted all thinges to him, sett our maine saile againe.
2. S. by W.; legues 30.
3. S. by W. and S.; legues 29.
4. W.S.W.; legues 12.
5. S.W. by W.; legues 24.
6. W.S.W.; legues 24.
7. E.S.E.; legues 27.
8. E. by S.; legues 17.
9. E.S.E.; legues 23.
10. S.S.E.; legues 18.
11. S.S.W.; legues 17.
12. S.S.W.; legues 28.
13. S. by W.; legues 30. The ile Lanserotte1 was from us S.W., 6 or 7 legues of[f].
14. On the south side of Forteventura2. At 8 at night we lost sight of the land.
15. S.W. by S.; legues 20.
16. S.W. by S.; legues 38.
17. S.W. by S.; legues 46. At 12 a clocke we were under the Tropique of Cancer.
18. S.W. by S.; legues 52. This day Robert Brandon died, being the purser his man.
19. S.W. by S.; legues 503.
20. S.W. by S.; legues 55.
21. S.W. by S.; legues 20. At a 11 at night we lay of[f] to the eastward, and at 3 in the morning we stood W. by S. At 10 we sawe the land Bonavista, bearinge from us N., distant some 5 or 6 legues of[f].
22. At noone latitude observed, 15° 20′. At 2 in the afternoone faire aboarde Mayo. Note that Bonavista and Mayo4 lye S.W. by S., distant some 12 legues. Note, the N.N.W. and N. parte of Mayo is all fowle grounde; and due N. from the high humockes there lyeth a greate ledge of rockes, from the land some 5 or 6 myles of[f]; and a myle without the rockes you shall have 20 fathome water. On the W. side of the iland you may borrowe [i.e. approach] in 12 or 15 fathome till you come into the roade; where we anckored about 8 a clocke at night in 24 fathome.
23. At night the Hoseander came into the roade unto us.
24. At 10 at night we came from Mayo with all our shippes.
25. At noone Mayo was N.N. West, some 15 legues of[f].
26. S.S.E. £ S.; legues 33. Latitude observed, 12° 50′. Longitude from Mayo, 1° 34′ east.
27. S.S.E.; legues 36. Longitude from Mayo, 2° 15′ east.
28. S.S.E.; legues 38. Latitude observed, 9° 40′. Here the shippe was halfe a degree before me1; which was by some current setting to the southward, or rather to the S.E., as I take it.
29. S.S.E.; legues 28. The sunne neare our zeneth. Longitude from Mayo, 3° 30′ east.
30. S.S.E.; legues 40. Longitude from Mayo, 4° 15′ east.
31. S.E. by S.; legues 22. Longitude from Mayo, 4° 52′ east.
Aprill 1. S.E. by S.; legues 18. Longitude from Mayo, 5° 22′ east.
2. S.E. by S.; legues 14. Latitude observed, 4°. Longitude from Mayo, 5° 46′ east2.
3. S.E. by S.; legues 18. Longitude from Mayo, 6° 16′ east3.
4. S.E. by S. ½ S.; legues 27. Latitude observed, 1° 40′. Much raine. Longitude from Mayo, 7° 2′ east.
5. S.; legues 8. Calme, with rayne.
6. S. by E.; legues 12. Calme, with raine. Longitude from Mayo, 7° 2′ east.
7. S.W.; legues 6. Calme, with raine. Longitude from Mayo, 6° 56′ east.
8. S.W.; legues 4. Calme. Longitude from Mayo, 6° 48′ east.
9. S.; legues 7. Calme, with raine. This morninge we sawe two saile, a shippe and her pynnace.
10. S.; legues 9. Note that untill this day we have had northerly and easterly windes (calmes excepted) ever since our comminge from Mayo. This day the winde all westerly.
11. S. by W.; legues 16. Latitude observed, 20′ S. Calme. The equinoctiall our zenith.
12. S.S.W.; legues 16. The winde at E. by S., with raine. Longitude from Mayo, 6° 13′ east.
13. S. ½ W.; legues 18. Raine in the night. Longitude from Mayo, 6° 8′ east.
14. S. by W.; legues 18. The winde at E.S.E., with raine. Longitude from Mayo, 5° 57′ east.
15. S., legues 20. The winde at E., with raine.
16. S. by W.; legues 30. Latitude observed, 6° 10′. Winde at E. by S. Longitude from Mayo, 5° 40′ east.
17. S.S.W. ½ W.; legues 36. Latitude observed, 7° 45′. Winde at E. by S. Longitude from Mayo, 4° east1.
18. S. by W.; legues 36. The winde at E. and E. by S. Longitude from Mayo, 4° 29′ east.
19. S.S.W.; legues 34. Latitude observed, 11° 00′. Winde at E. by S. Longitude from Mayo, 3° 51′ east.
20. S. by W. ½ W.; legues 34. Latitude observed, 12° 40′. Winde at E. Longitude from Mayo, 3° 22′ E.2
21. S. by W.; legues 28. Latitude observed, 13° 55′. Winde at east. Longitude from Mayo, 3° 6′ east3.
22. S. by W.; legues 27. Latitude observed, 15° 14′. The winde E. by S. Longitude from Mayo, 2° 44′ E.4
23. S. by W. ½ W.; legues 24. Latitude observed, 16° 27′. Longitude from Mayo, 2° 24′ E. The winde E. by S.5
24. S.S.W.; legues 18. Latitude observed, 17° 15′. Longitude from Mayo, 2° 05′ E. The winde E. by S.6
25. S.W. by S.; legues 16. Latitude observed, 18° 00′. Longitude from Mayo, 1° 37′ E. The wind E.S.E.7
26. S.S.W.; legues 17. Longitude from Mayo, 1° 18′. The winde E.
27. S.; legues 28. Latitude observed, 19° 30′. Longitude from Mayo, 1° 18′ E.8 The winde E. by N. This day we sawe an iland9. The 28 in the morninge came close by it. The latitude of it 20° 30′, and longitude from the meridian of Mayo 1° 50′ east. We did not land upon it, but came within 2 or 3 miles of it. I take it there is hardly anckoringe to be founde. There may be some refreshinge on it. Wood there is, and there may be water, for on the souther parte of it there is a faire plaine plott, and it was very greene. We could not finde grounde, cominge within two or three miles of it. From this iland, E.N.E. some 7 or 8 legues, lyeth another iland1; and from the first iland, E. by S. or E.S.E., there lye two or three high white rockes, some 4 or 5 legues of[f]; but we came not neare neyther the second iland nor the rockes2.
28. S.S.E.; legues 28. Latitude observed, 20° 30′. Longitude from Mayo, 1° 50′ E. The winde N.W.3
29. S.S.E. ½ S.; legues 28. Longitude from Mayo, 2° 13′ E. The winde N.W., with raine.
30. S.S.E.; legues 32. Latitude observed, 23° 40′. Longitude from Mayo, 2° 49′ E. The winde N.W.4
Maye 1. S.E. by S.; legues 29. Latitude observed, 24° 50′. Longitude from Mayo, 3° 38′ E. The winde west5.
2. E.S.E.; legues 29. Longitude from Mayo, 4° 58′ E. The winde S.E.6
3. S.W.; legues 8. Longitude from Mayo, 4° 39′E. The winde S.E.
4. S.E. by S.;...