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Geography

Geographical terms used in HCA 13/73

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A

Achean (= Achin; Achine; Acheene)("Achean on the coast of the Island of Sumatra" (HCA 13/73))
Allecante (= Alicante) (" went from Ligorne to Allecant and there tooke in goods & went therewith to Lisbon" (HCA 13/73))
?Antego ("hee was absent at ?Antlogo upon the imployment of the arlate Luke Woods whilst the things arlate were transeacting" (HCA 13/73 Part Two))

B

Barbados
Barbadoes ("The Barbadoes" (HCA 13/73))
Bermudas ("were upon the said seizure taken by the said Captaine James and XXXX XXX (in their said man of warr) and carried to Bermudas"(HCA 13/73))
Barbary ("the rest of the said goods w:ch shee had on board, were by direction & advise of the said Pickford or Ward carried in the said Ship, to the Coast of Barbary" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
The Brazeele ("the sayd shipp at here goeing out had noe designe of goeing to Brazeele or any other parts of the West Indies" (HCA 13/73))

C

Calves ("y:e Islands fflowers and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands" (HCA 13/73))
Canaryes ("there was Newes brought thither that the English had taken Dunkirke, and had put all the Spaniards to the Sword after they had given them. quarter, And thereupon the Spaniards at the Canaryes were very much incensed ag:t the English And saith this was Publique and Notorious at Oratavo, & in the Road, and places thereabouts" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
The Island of Chepalonia ("kept the sayd Hosyer and ?his Company for some tyme prizoners in chaynes and afterwards turned them on shoare in the Island of Chepalonia" (HCA 13/73))
Coast of Barbara ("the foresaid Voyage both at Canaryes Maderas, and on the Coast of Barbara and all other places the said Ship the Lisbone ffrigot was at the Voyage in question" (HCA 13/73))
Coast of Barbary ("the rest of the said goods w:ch shee had on board, were by direction & advise of the said Pickford or Ward carried in the said Ship, to the Coast of Barbary and there sold, and Bartered the same for wax, and other Comodityes to y:e best Advantage to the said ffreighters" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
Colestaires ("in the moneth of November last, as this depo:t was goeing to y:e Waterside; neere Colestaires, hee sawe one John Tyler, & some others talking and discoursing in a Carpenters yard with one Mordecay Yonge" (HCA 13/73))
Cyprus

D

Dunkirke ("there was Newes brought thither that the English had taken Dunkirke, and had put all the Spaniards to the Sword after they had given them. quarter" (HCA 13/73 Part One))

F

ffalmouth
fflowers ("y:e Islands fflowers and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands" (HCA 13/73))

G

Gazachico "after she went away from Oratava either to Gazachico [near Oratavo Road]" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
Genoa (" her voyage from London to Genoa in the Streights and there discharged her outward ladeing" (HCA 13/73))
Gravesend ("the sayd shipp the Peace being in the yeare 1656 fitted for the voyage in question fell downe from London to Gravesend" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
The Great James [in Bishopsgate Street, London]
Guelfe of Honduras ("the ?Guelfe of Honduras" (HCA 13/73))

H

Havana ("goods for Havana" (HCA 13/73))
Holland
Honduras
The Hope (" the sayd shipp about the latter end of the sayd moneth of January 1648 fell downe to the Hope" (HCA 13/73))

I

Island of Trinidad
Island of Nevis

L

Leeward islands ("Nevis and S:t Christophers and other of the Leeward Islands" (HCA 13/73))
?Leferno ("?Leferno in ffrance" (HCA 13/73 Part Two))
Ligorne ("the said ship the Lixon ffrigot was Laden at Ligorne with Oyle Rice Silke Stockings, and Rope, and some other Comodityes" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
Lisbon
London

M

Madera Islands ("the said Ketcher and his Company finding that there was not practick to be gotten at the Canaries, for their said ship did upon a serious Consideracon saile the said ship to the Madera Islands, and there safely arrived" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
Martinice ("hee hath heard some of the said Ships Company say, that they heard the said Luke Woods order the said Grove when hee had missed the Barbadoes to saile to Martinice and soe to Nevis") (HCA 13/73 Oart Two)
Mevis = Nevis ("hee well remembreth that at Mevis this deponent & Robert Grove Cheife Mate of the Peace & William Tizard another mate of the sayd shipp & one Robert Chipp the Gunner of her were produced as witnesses before Captaine Morton Captaine Russell Captaine Smith & other officers under the Governour at Mevis upon Interrogatories given in before them against the sayd Thomas Grove the Master" (HCA 13/73))

N

Nevis ("Nevis and S:t Christophers and other of the Leeward Islands" (HCA 13/73))
Newcastle ("Last in Company of a greate ffleete of English Colliars Consisting of about threescore and tenne saile; And y:e arlate Ship the Abigail, came likewise out from Newcastle in Company of the said ffleete" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
Newfoundland
Newfound Land ("the Pease being come out some few dayes before from Newfound Land the shipp the Pease & her company of espied XXXX shipps at Sea which they thought to be some of her consorts bound for the Barbados"(HCA 13/73))
New found land ("upon the departure of the shipp Pease from the New found land" (HCA 13/73))

O

Old Swan ("The Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete" (HCA 13/73))
Oratava ("y:e Roade of Oratava" (HCA 13/73); "the Lisbone ffrigot, the said Voyage arrived in the Road of l'Oratava on or about the 25:th of July 1658" (HCA 13/73 Part One); "Tye tooke and went the same day therewith on shore in a Dutch Boate to the Port of Oratavo aforesaid (HCA 13/73 Part One))

P

Pendennis Castle ("ffalmouth and Pendennis Castle" (HCA 13/73))
Plimouth
Plymouth

R

The Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete
River of Thames ("in or about the beginning of the moneth of August 1658, the said ship Warewell arived in the River of Thames" (HCA 13/73))
Roome ("shee came from Italy, and had Goods on board her that came from Roome (sic), where the plague was at that time" (HCA 13/73 Part One))

S

Satalia [in the Mediterranean]
S:t Christophers ("Nevis and S:t Christophers and other of the Leeward Islands" (HCA 13/73))
S:t ?Jones ("the ship then rideing in the harbour of S:t ?Jones which is the safest and best or at least as good and safe a harbour as any is in the Newfound land" (HCA 13/73))
Santo Lazio ("about three dayes or XXXXX before the said Grove Discovered y:e Island called Santo Lazio (by w:ch sight of w:ch Island the said Grove and Company perceived they had overshot the Barbadoes) (HCA 13/73))
S:t Lusea ("the sayd Thomas by his steering on his owne course contrary to the advise of his sayd Mates did misse the Island of Barbados and came to the Island of S:t Lusea in the moneth of November 1657" (HCA 13/73))
S:t S:ta Cruze ("replyed they were Vessells carrying of wines to S:t Sta Cruze" (HCA 13/73 Part One))
S:ta Domingo
Scanderoone
The signe of the Ship ("this depo:ts house; at the signe of the Ship neere Duke ?Streete" (HCA 13/73 Part One)
Spanish West Indies
The Straights ("a tradeing voyage from London to the Straights" (HCA 13/73))
The Streights
Sumatra ("Achean on the coast of the Island of Sumatra" (HCA 13/73))

T

Teneriffe
Thames Streete ("The Red Lyon at the Old Swan in Thames Streete" (HCA 13/73)
Trinidad

W

Wapping dock ("came to an Anchor a little belowe or against Wapping dock" (HCA 13/73))
West Indies ("the sayd shipp at here goeing out had noe designe of goeing to Brazeele or any other parts of the West Indies" (HCA 13/73))
Westerene Islands ("y:e Islands fflowers and Calves, being two of the Westerene Islands" (HCA 13/73))

Z

Zante ("Zante currans" (HCA 13/73))