Summary of William Keeling’s Journal on the Red Dragon and the Hector

Drafted Probably in London by an East India Company Scribe from a manuscript that Samuel Purchas described as “very voluminous” ( Pilgrimes , 2:502), this summary, shelf mark L/MAR/A/3, reflects the interests of the Company’s directors. While it often overlaps with Purchas’ lengthier redaction, it contains significant unique material. The journal is individually bound in five unnumbered, yellowing pages, each 19.75 centimeters by 30 centimeters, with dark, legible ink. The months and years are in the far left margin and the days in an adjacent column, setting off the text with an even left margin. I have retained the marginal notes, tentatively reconstructed some lacunae from passages in Purchas, and spotlighted some discrepancies in the endnotes. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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