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Recto: Genoa. Verso: The YARMOUTH's foremast is badly damaged on the way to Algiers. War with the Turks is threatened due to the actions of Barbary pirates, but the fleet sets sail for England.. (Manuscript) 1669 JOD/4/131-132
Recto: Kinsale, River Bandon. Verso: Barlow is paid off and sends money to his family. He joins the REALL FFRENSHIPPE, a small merchant ship bound for the Canaries to load wine. (Manuscript) 1667 JOD/4/107-108
Recto: Barlow stays in London for six months' recuperation. He joins the FFLORENTINE, bound for Venice, which stops at Bergen in Norway on her voyage. Verso: The ship is loaded with a cargo of dried stockfish. Barlow describes the products and people of Norway. Some local landladies who are owed money by the sailors threaten that the voyage will not prosper. (Manuscript) 1675 JOD/4/191-192
Recto: Ascension Island. Verso: The EXPERIMENT arrives back in England and Barlow decides go on her next voyage. On 27 September 1671 they set sail bound for Taiwan, with the RETURN and the ZANT. (Manuscript) 1671-1672 JOD/4/161-162
Recto: Naples. Verso: From Naples they sail to Livorno, where Barlow gives news of some other English ships. He complains bitterly about their Christmas dinner on board and the treatment of the crew by their officers. (Manuscript) 1668 JOD/4/125-126
Barlow arrives back in England and is grieved to hear that his sister has died. He gives details of his financial position. (Manuscript) 1659-1703 JOD/4/189
Samuel Pepys. Answer to observations made by the Lords of the Treasury upon the proceedings of the officers of HM Navy in the late war. (Manuscript) 1660-01-01 - 1675-12-31 MRF/34
Recto: Cape Verde. Verso: The Portugese who inhabit Santiago include exiled bandits, who have black slaves and servants. The ship crosses the Equator, and Barlow describes the fish they see. (Manuscript) 1670 JOD/4/137-138
Recto: The RAINBOW sights two junks bound for China. Verso: At Tonkin the RAINBOW stays for six months and repairs the ship's bottom. Barlow visits Cacho [possibly Qinzhou] and describes the rice-growing region. (Manuscript) 1688 JOD/4/243-244
Recto: Barlow reflects on the hard life of a sailor. He describes Livorno, including its brothels and the monument to the four Moorish slaves.. Verso: Livorno. (Manuscript) 1668-1669 JOD/4/127-128
Recto: Batavia. Verso: The CASTLE OF LIYD anchors near the Cape of Good Hope and Barlow describes the local people. He does a drawing of a 'monster', which a woman gave birth to on board a Dutch ship. (Manuscript) 1674 JOD/4/181-182
Recto: Canton River, now known as Pearl River, China. Verso: The hoppow requires a bribe before he allows the factors to trade. Barlow feuds with the captain and threatens to leave the ship. He itemises the cargo for the return trip. (Manuscript) 1702 JOD/4/289-290
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript) 1861 RSS/CL/1861/47
Recto: Red River, Gulf of Tonkin, with elephant. Verso: Barlow describes Tonkin, its army, products and currency. Its customs include the hiring of women by the English and Dutch as temporary wives. (Manuscript) 1688-1689 JOD/4/245-246
Copy of commission, 15 March 1671 granted to Henry Osborn Esq. and an account of Osbourne's accounts. (Manuscript) 1671- 1675-12-31 SER/127
Uncatalogued (Manuscript) 1909-01-01 - ? MSS/95/005
Recto: Near San Diego a youth falls into the sea and is drowned. On the way to Java a swordfish weighing 60 pounds is caught. Verso: Bantam, Java. (Manuscript) 1672 JOD/4/165-166
Recto: Capture of the EXPERIMENT by the Dutch in the "Straights of Banka", (Bangka Strait, Indonesia). Verso: The EXPERIMENT encounters a fleet of Dutch ships in the Straits of Bangka. Outnumbered, they surrender and the Dutch plunder the ship. (Manuscript) 1672 JOD/4/175-176
Recto: Island of Pulo Condore, or Con Son Island, Vietnam. Verso: Barlow describes the reasons for the war between the East India Company and the Great Mogul, which was eventually settled by a peace treaty. (Manuscript) 1692 JOD/4/261-262
Recto: Bantam, Java, with sketches of coast near Java Head. Verso: At Bantam Roads sentries are posted at night for fear of local people running amok under the influence of opium. Barlow falls ill with the bloody flux. (Manuscript) 1672 JOD/4/167-168
Recto: The YARMOUTH visits Tripoli and Barlow describes its trade. The ship loses her anchor when its cable breaks, but sails on past Malta. Verso: Straits of Messina. (Manuscript) 1668 JOD/4/121-122
Recto: North coast of Sicily. Verso: The YARMOUTH visits Sicily, where Barlow is impressed by the beauty and fruitfulness of the island. Sailing on to Naples they hear news of the wreck of the fireship PROVIDENCE. (Manuscript) 1668 JOD/4/123-124
Recto: "City of Cacho", showing English and Dutch factories, and below another city, "Bantola", in Sumatra, now Bengkulu City. Verso: The RAINBOW sails to Batavia, Bancola and Mauritius. Barlow expresses concern about the morality of colonialism. (Manuscript) 1688-1689 JOD/4/247-248
Recto: The ship arrives at Tunis, where their intention is to make peace with the King to improve trading conditions. Barlow describes the ruins of Carthage and the government and produce of Tunis. Verso: Tripoli. (Manuscript) 1668 JOD/4/119-120