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INTRODUCTION
1622 Returns to England.
1625 Goes to Valladolid about the " Copper Contract."
1626 Goes to St Malo and Jersey.
1627 Returns to Penryn.
1628 Goes to Surat in the Expedition in the East India
Company's service.
1634 Returns from India in the Royall Mary. Goes to
Penryn, and is " welcomed home" by his friends.
1634 Makes a trading voyage to London in a "Lobster
boate," and returns to Penryn via Basing House
and Winchester.
1635 Goes with Sir William Courten's fleet to India and
Japan.
1638 Returns to England. Arrives in London, 15th
December.
1639 Makes a "Petty Progresse" in England and Wales.
1640 Goes to Holland, Russia, Prussia and Poland on
a trading voyage on his own account.
1647 Returns to Falmouth.
1650 At Penryn. Writes his first Appendix to his MS.
1654 In London. Writes notes on his early voyages.
1655 Makes his third voyage to India in the Alleppo
Merchant.
1656 Returns to England. Arrives in London, 3rd
September.
1658 In London. Writes an Appendix of contemporary
events.
1663 Returns to Penryn.
1663—1667 At Penryn. Continues the chronicle of con-
temporary events, including news from India,
the appearance of comets, etc. Concludes with
a copy of the Proclamation after the Treaty of
Breda, read in Penryn the nth September, 1667.
Peter Mundy passed his childhood in his native town
of Penryn in the south of Cornwall, a fitting nursery for
a lad whose natural bent was travel and adventure, for it
lies at the head of a creek, only two miles north-west
INTRODUCTION
1622 Returns to England.
1625 Goes to Valladolid about the " Copper Contract."
1626 Goes to St Malo and Jersey.
1627 Returns to Penryn.
1628 Goes to Surat in the Expedition in the East India
Company's service.
1634 Returns from India in the Royall Mary. Goes to
Penryn, and is " welcomed home" by his friends.
1634 Makes a trading voyage to London in a "Lobster
boate," and returns to Penryn via Basing House
and Winchester.
1635 Goes with Sir William Courten's fleet to India and
Japan.
1638 Returns to England. Arrives in London, 15th
December.
1639 Makes a "Petty Progresse" in England and Wales.
1640 Goes to Holland, Russia, Prussia and Poland on
a trading voyage on his own account.
1647 Returns to Falmouth.
1650 At Penryn. Writes his first Appendix to his MS.
1654 In London. Writes notes on his early voyages.
1655 Makes his third voyage to India in the Alleppo
Merchant.
1656 Returns to England. Arrives in London, 3rd
September.
1658 In London. Writes an Appendix of contemporary
events.
1663 Returns to Penryn.
1663—1667 At Penryn. Continues the chronicle of con-
temporary events, including news from India,
the appearance of comets, etc. Concludes with
a copy of the Proclamation after the Treaty of
Breda, read in Penryn the nth September, 1667.
Peter Mundy passed his childhood in his native town
of Penryn in the south of Cornwall, a fitting nursery for
a lad whose natural bent was travel and adventure, for it
lies at the head of a creek, only two miles north-west