St Helena
Date
1669-1670
Creator
William Whitethorne (British) , Traveller
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p227v
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 346mm
width (Page): 229mm
width (Page): 229mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Profile (as viewed from the sea) of the island of St Helena, now part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Marginal drawing at the point of the voyage dated 29 April 1669 with details of the island’s size and orientation.
Drawing from the papers of Robert Boyle.
Drawing from the papers of Robert Boyle.
Transcription
The accompanying section of voyage reads: ‘At Sun Rising had sight of the Island St Helena bearing by compass…at 4 this afternoon we anchored in the Roade in 14 fathom water.’
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
The figure appears within a journal of a voyage to and from India by William Whitethorne, headed: ‘An Abstract taken out of my Journall, when we sailed fro[m] Place to Place, & likewise when we crossed the Tropicks & Aequinoctiall, out & home, & when we made the Land & anchored, & likewise the time of the stay.’
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place