The Third Voyage Journals : Writing and Performance in the London East India Company, 1607-10

This volume publishes for the first time the collected journals of the East India Company's Third Voyage (1607-10), England's first to reach India, which proved pivotal to England's emergence as a global player. These previously unpublished journals of England's first voyage to India illuminate a fascinating cultural achievement: the first performances of Shakespeare outside Europe. The journals of the London East India Company voice the ambitions, divisions, and traumas of a pivotal moment in the emergence of global capitalism, as London's merchants strived for distant markets and cultivated relationships with non-Europeans. Barbour's commentary situates the voyage historically, describes the key personnel and writing community, examines the culture of performance at sea, and consolidates the evidenc Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-31 The Anonymous Hector Journal....Pages 33-74 The Hector Journal of Anthony Marlowe....Pages 75-147 The Hector Papers of Francis Bucke....Pages 149-154 The Red Dragon Journal of John Hearne and William Finch....Pages 155-233 Summary of William Keeling’s Journal on the Red Dragon and the Hector ....Pages 235-242 Back Matter....Pages 243-285