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List of ports of call of the British East India Company

April 14, 2023

The East Indiamen of the British East India Company (EIC) passed many places and stopped at many ports on their voyages from Britain to India and China in the 17th to 19th centuries, both on the way and as destinations. Some of these places were simply landmarks, but a number of the places were the locations of EIC factories, i.e., trading posts.

In many cases the spelling of the names of these locations has changed between then and now. One purpose of this list is to link, where possible, the names as given in ships' logs with the modern name. Names in italics represent cases where the modern and older name are different.

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T-W

Unidentified locations

  • "Broken Ground" - a place or region between Bengal and Madras; possibly a section of the Hoogli between Ingeli and Barrabula
  • Capshee Bay
  • Caipang Bay
  • Cockelee
  • Doens (probably a typographical error for The Downs.)
  • Jangarall Creek, Calcutta
  • Hollis Bay (possibly a miss-transcription of Wallis Bay)
  • Lombon Strait (not Lombok Strait)
  • Monsourcottah – probably near Ganjam
  • Pulo Massey (or Pulo Masey) - possibly Sumbawa, in the Lesser Sunda Islands group.

See also

List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements

References

  • Erikson, Emily (2014) Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600-1757: The English East India Company, 1600-1757. (Princeton University Press). ISBN 9780691159065
  • Horsburgh, James. (1836) India Directory or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, and the interjacent Ports, compiled chiefly from original Journals and Observations made during 21 years' experience in navigating those Seas 4th Edn. W. H. Allen, London.

April 14, 2023
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The East Indiamen of the British East India Company EIC passed many places and stopped at many ports on their voyages from Britain to India and China in the 17th to 19th centuries both on the way and as destinations Some of these places were simply landmarks but a number of the places were the locations of EIC factories i e trading posts In many cases the spelling of the names of these locations has changed between then and now One purpose of this list is to link where possible the names as given in ships logs with the modern name Names in italics represent cases where the modern and older name are different Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D H 5 I J 6 K M 7 N R 8 S 9 T W 10 Unidentified locations 11 See also 12 ReferencesA EditAcheh Amboina Ambonya Amoy Amsterdam Island Anger or Anjere or Anjer Angra Pequena Anjengo site of Anchuthengu Fort amp EIC factory 1684 1813 Annobon Antique Panay Ascension IslandB EditBabelmandel Island Balambangan Balasore Balasore Roads is about 125 miles south of Calcutta it provided a sheltered anchorage for vessels awaiting a pilot or favourable winds to take them upriver or to transfer cargo Bally Town is on the Hooghli River slightly north of Calcutta Banaca Banda Bancoot 17 59 N 73 30 E 17 983 N 73 500 E 17 983 73 500 about 75 miles SE of Bombay on the Savitri River Bandar Abbas Banjarmasin See also Tamborneo Bankshall general term for the office of harbor master or other port authority at Calcutta the office stood on the banks of the Hooghli Bantal 2 45 49 1 S 101 20 01 7 E 2 763639 S 101 333806 E 2 763639 101 333806 west coast of Sumatra in the Moco Moco district see below 20 miles SE of Moco Moco and 17 miles NW of Ipuh see below Bantam see also Banten Sultanate Barrabulla or Barra Bulla is a sandbank that forms near Kedgeree see below in the Hooghli River Basara Bass Strait Bassein a city in Maharashtra state India known as Bassein to the Portuguese and British Batavia Bencoomat 5 30 S 104 12 E 5 500 S 104 200 E 5 500 104 200 Benkulen or Bencoolen see also Fort Marlborough Benguela Bimilipatnam or Bhimili Billiton is an island that also gave its name to a strait See also Caramata Billiton and Caramata islands flank a passage that connects the South China Sea to the Java Sea Bona Vista Bocca Tigris or Bogue Bombay Bouru Burah Bazaar Busher Bushire C EditCagayan Sulu Calcutta Calicut Calingapatam Cannanore Cap Sing Moon passage A waterway between the northern tip of Lantoa and the Chinese mainland Mah Wan Island splits the Passage into two channels the narrower channel between Lanoa Lantau and Ma Wan and the wider between Ma Wan and the mainland Also Kumsingmoon Cape of Good Hope equally Cape Colony Cape Comorin Cape San Diego the easternmost point of the Mitre Peninsula on Tierra del Fuego Caramata 1 37 S 108 53 E 1 617 S 108 883 E 1 617 108 883 Caramata Passage see also Billiton Carnicobar or Car Nicobar Chumpee or Chuenpee or Chuenpi in the Bocca Tigris the estuary of the Pearl River Chusan Cochin Cochin China Colvin s Ghat a landing place Ghat at the offices of Colvin amp Company shippers which were situated on the waterfront on the Hugli in Calcutta Comoroone alternate name for Bandar Abbas Condore Coninga or Cocanada sometimes referred to as Jaggernaickpuram Coupang or Copang Bay on the island of Timor Coringa Cortivy Covelong Kovalam Cox s Island a small island merged into the north end of Saugor Island at the mouth of the Hooghly Crooe Optical character recognition may render this as Croce Krui 5 10 27 S 103 55 55 E 5 174154 S 103 931930 E 5 174154 103 931930 about seven miles SE of Pisang Island Cuddalore Culpee Coulpy Kulpi Kalpi or Kulpee an anchorage towards Calcutta and just below Diamond Harbour Opposite Diamond Point D H EditDaman Delagoa Bay Diamond Harbour is about 41 miles south of Calcutta on the east side of the Hooghli Diamond Point Diu Dryon Straits of by Pulau Durian in the Riau Archipelago Eastern Channel of the Hugli River False Bay Fernando de Noronha Fort St David Fort St George India also Madras Frederiksnagore Surampore Fulta or Fultah one of several related locations Fultah village Fultah point etc on the Hooghli River It is not the present day Fulta which is much farther south It may be the present day Falta Galle Ganjam Garden Reach Goa Gombroon alternate name for Bandar Abbas Goree Great Nanka 2 25 S 105 48 E 2 417 S 105 800 E 2 417 105 800 one of the three Nanka Islands which lie in Banka Strait just off Banka Island Palau Banka which is part of the Banka Belitung Islands group Gressee Grissee or Griessie is Grisik the capital city of Gresik Regency and about three leagues NNW from Surabaya Hog River Creek is a point on the Hooghli between Kidderpore and Kedgeree Hong Kong Bay Hugli or Hooghli RiverI J EditIle de Rhe Indremayo or Indramayo Ingeli or Hijili Engelee Ingelee or Hidgelee a point on the west side of the Hooghli Estuary Ipoh Ipuh 2 59 57 S 101 29 04 E 2 999301 S 101 484517 E 2 999301 101 484517 west coast of Sumatra not the city in Malaysia Jagarall Creek near Calcutta Jambi EIC factory 1613 1681 Jaggernaickpuram or Jaggernaikpoeram or Jagannathapuram Also known as Cocinga or Cocanada Jari possibly Jarajah on the west coast of Sumatra near Bantal JohannaK M EditKamree Roads Kamree may represent a mis transcription of Ramree Karakaul Karrack or Karrach Karwar Kedah Kedgeree or Kijari or Cutgerie or Cajoree a point on the Hoogly halfway between Calcutta and Saugor see below and a place where the river widens into a basin Kidderpore Kinsale Kissim Bay or Kishm or Kisseem Lintin Island Linton probably Lintin 22 25 N 113 37 E 22 417 N 113 617 E 22 417 113 617 Lombok Madapollam 16 27 N 81 44 E 16 450 N 81 733 E 16 450 81 733 or Madhavayapalem Madras Madura Island Madeira Mahe Mahim Maio Cape Verde Malacca Malwa probably a mis transcription for Malvan Managalore Manila Manna Point or Town southeast of Bengkulu on the west coast of Sumatra now Mana 4 29 06 S 102 53 57 E 4 484947 S 102 899207 E 4 484947 102 899207 Masulipatam Matavai Tahiti Mew Bay about two miles east of Tanjung Layar Mew Island aka Cantae is an island in Mew Bay Mokha Moco Moco MuscatN R EditNarsipore Nagore Negapatam New Anchorage Calcutta near Diamond Harbour and Kedgeree Nicobar Islands or Nicobars Norfolk Island North Island the northernmost of three islands in the bay that formed the principle anchorage of Enggano Island Onore Onreat probably Onrust Island Padang Pattani Pedro Branco 1 19 49 N 104 24 21 E 1 33028 N 104 40583 E 1 33028 104 40583 is an island of white rock at the east end of the Singapore Strait It is now the site of Horsburgh Lighthouse Penang Perates site where the East Indiaman Earl Talbot wrecked on 22 October 1800 with the loss of all passengers and crew Pisang or Pulau Pisang 5 07 13 S 103 50 51 E 5 120294 S 103 847637 E 5 120294 103 847637 an island off the south coast of Sumatra between Benkulen and Bengkunat Bencoomat Pissang or Pulo Pesang in the 18th century Pulau Pemanggil was known as Pissang Point de Galle Pondicherry Poolo Bay a bay some nine miles southward of Fort Marlborough Bengkulu city Port Cornwallis on Ross Island in the Andaman Islands Porto Novo Porto Praya Priaman Pring a pepper port some 16 miles northwest of Manna Point on the west coast of Sumatra Pulo Bay a now silted up natural harbor about eight miles southward of Benkulen Benkulu Qishm Quedah Kedah Quilon Rajah Basah or Raja Basa Roads Named for the volcano on the Sunda Strait located at the most south eastern point of Sumatra 05 47 00 S 105 37 30 E 5 78333 S 105 62500 E 5 78333 105 62500 The Roads are in Lampung Bay Rangoon Rat Island a small island west of Bengkulu Rendezvous Island Pulo Bauwal Bauwal Island 2 45 S 110 5 E 2 750 S 110 083 E 2 750 110 083 Borneo Resolution Bay Vanuatu Captain James Cook named the bay after his vessel HMS Resolution Rio de Janeiro Rodrigues Rogues River a section of the Hooghly RiverS EditSt Augustine s Bay St Helena Sadras Roads Samarang Sambava Sambroke or Samkoke or Samkokm or Samoke is probably the island also known at the time as Pyramid Island This seems to be Hon Dung Nha Trang Vietnam 12 16 17 N 109 21 39 4 E 12 27139 N 109 360944 E 12 27139 109 360944 Saugor is at the mouth of the Hooghli about 100 miles downriver from Calcutta St Paul s Island Saldanha Bay Saloomah or Saloomale on the coast of Sumatra between Fort Marlborough and Manna Point Now Pasarseluma Seluma Selatan 4 08 23 S 102 31 04 E 4 139799 S 102 517656 E 4 139799 102 517656 St Salvador or San Salvadore or Salvador Santa Cruz Santiago Cape Verde or Sao Tiago or St Jago Sapi or Sape or Sapeh Town 8 34 S 118 59 E 8 567 S 118 983 E 8 567 118 983 Scindy road probably the roadstead of Sindh i e the waters off Karachi Second Bar about 20 miles before Whampoa Severndroog Suvarnadurg not to be confused with the inland fort of Savandurga sometimes also called Severndroog Sillebar or Silebar on the Strait of Malacca on the north coast of Sumatra 3 14 04 N 99 32 37 E 3 23444 N 99 54361 E 3 23444 99 54361 Simon s Bay Sukadana Sulu Surabaya Surampore Surat SwallyT W EditTamborneo or Tomborneo Tapanooli Tappanooli Tapanuli or Tarapouly Sumatra possibly modern Tapnoeli or Tapian Nauli site of an EIC factory Teneriffe Teinchin Tiku Timor Tellicherry Toonkoon or Toon Kwoon a district between Hong Kong and Canton Tranquebar Trengganu Trincomalee Trinidade Tristan de Cunha Tumala Punta 14 54 11 N 80 04 04 W 14 903150 N 80 067857 W 14 903150 80 067857 Tryamong also an EIC factory site possibly also known as Priaman Urmston s Bay formerly pre 1823 Toon Koo Harbour Vizagapatam Whampoa or Whampoa anchorageUnidentified locations Edit Broken Ground a place or region between Bengal and Madras possibly a section of the Hoogli between Ingeli and Barrabula Capshee Bay Caipang Bay Cockelee Doens probably a typographical error for The Downs Jangarall Creek Calcutta Hollis Bay possibly a miss transcription of Wallis Bay Lombon Strait not Lombok Strait Monsourcottah probably near Ganjam Pulo Massey or Pulo Masey possibly Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands group See also EditList of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlementsReferences EditErikson Emily 2014 Between Monopoly and Free Trade The English East India Company 1600 1757 The English East India Company 1600 1757 Princeton University Press ISBN 9780691159065Horsburgh James 1836 India Directory or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies China New Holland Cape of Good Hope and the interjacent Ports compiled chiefly from original Journals and Observations made during 21 years experience in navigating those Seas 4th Edn W H Allen London Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of ports of call of the British East India Company amp oldid 1138476547, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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