Life Peter Mundy
mundy s drawing of ascension flightless crake, extinct
he visited constantinople, returning london overland, , afterwards made journey spain. on 6 march 1628 left blackwall surat (india), arrived on 30 september 1628. in november 1630 travelled agra while in employ of east india company, , remained there until 17 december 1631, when proceeded puttana on borders of bengal. returned agra , surat, , leaving latter in february 1634, arrived off dover on 9 september 1634. portion of travels contained in harleian ms. 2286, , in addit. mss. 19278-80.
as fisherman , sailor possible spoke @ least cornish, visiting wales (and climbing ysgyryd fawr) in 1639 noted few of common or poorer sort understand english @ .
he went on further voyages india, china, , japan, when started downs on 14 april 1636. journals record being served chaa or tea chinese , tasting chocolate aboard spanish merchant vessel. fleet of 4 ships , 2 pinnaces sent out sir william courten, , mundy seems have been employed factor. journals end abruptly, manuscript in rawlinson collection @ bodleian library continues narrative of life, including journeys denmark, prussia, , russia, lasted 1639 1648. mundy himself made drawings volume , traced routes in red on maps of hondius. in 1663 declared travelling days on , retired falmouth, journals record own calculation of distance had travelled in many voyages 100,833 , 5/8th miles. manuscripts lost 300 years , published hakluyt society.
philip marsden s history of falmouth, levelling sea, published in 2011, provides brief account of peter mundy s life on pages 131–137.
he left earliest description of musaeum tradescantianum.
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