List of ports of call of the British East India Company

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.

A Acheh Alas, Strait of Amboina (Ambonya) Amoy Amsterdam Island Anger or Anjere, or Anjer Angra Pequeña Anjengo - site of Anchuthengu Fort & EIC factory (1684-1813) Annobon Antique, Panay Ascension Island

B Babelmandel 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 is the island of Bali Bally Town is on the Hooghli River, slightly north of Calcutta Banaca Banda Bancoot () - 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 - 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 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 Cagayan 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 ) 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 & 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 , 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 Daman 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 Gorée Great Nanka (): 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 River

I-J Ile de Rhé Indremayo, or Indramayo Ingeli (or Hijili, Engelee, Ingelee, or Hidgelee): a point on the west side of the Hooghli Estuary Ipoh = Ipuh ; 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. Johanna

K-M Kamree 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 () Lombok Madapollam , (or Madhavayapalem) Madras Madura Island Madeira Mahé 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 () 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 Muscat

N-R Narsipore 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 , 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 wrecked on 22 October 1800 with the loss of all passengers and crew. Pisang or Pulau Pisang, (), 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 . The Roads are in Lampung Bay. Rangoon Rat Island: a small island west of Bengkulu Rendezvous Island (Pulo Bauwal/Bauwal Island); , Borneo Resolution Bay, Vanuatu; Captain James Cook named the bay after his vessel Rio de Janeiro Rodrigues Rogues River: a section of the Hooghly River

S St 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 Hòn Dung, Nha Trang, Vietnam . 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 () St. Salvador, or San Salvadore, or Salvador Santa Cruz Santiago, Cape Verde, or São Tiago, or St Jago Sapi (or Sape, or Sapeh) Town 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: Simon's Bay Sukadana Sulu Surabaya Surampore Surat Swally

T-W Tamborneo 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 Trindade Tristan de Cunha Tumala Punta Tryamong; also an EIC factory site, possibly also known as Priaman. Urmston's Bay, formerly (pre-1823) Toon-Koo Harbour Vizagapatam Whampoa or Whampoa anchorage

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 (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

Bibliography 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). 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.