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Daily Entries: 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771   August to December, 1768 25 August - 5 September: Plymouth to Cape Finisterre 6-13 September: Finisterre to Madeira 14-18 September: the Isle of Madeira 19-24 September: Madeira to Teneriffe 25 September - 7 November: the Atlantic Passage 8-12 November: coasting off Brazil 13 November - 8 December: Rio de Janeiro 9 December - 10 January 1769: Voyaging South   January to December, 1769 11-28 January: Tierra del Fuego 29 January - 26 February: Pacific South 59.0' - 41.4: 27 February - 14 March: Pacific South 39.43' - 30.17': 15 March - 4 April: Pacific South 29.43' - 18.42' 5-12 April: Vahitahi to Tahiti 13 April: Arrival at Tahiti 1 May - 3 June: awaiting the Transit of Venus 4-25 June: Sojourn at Matavai Bay 26 June - 1 July: Circuit of Tahiti 2-12 July: preparing to Leave Tahiti 13-16 July: from Tahiti to Huahine 17-20 July: at Huahine 21 July - 4 August: Raiatea and Borabora 9-14 August: South to Hitiroa (Rurutu) 15-31 August: Pacific South 24.01' - 39.28' 1-31 September: Pacific South 40.12' - 38.26' 1-7 October: nearing Aotearoa New Zealand 8-11 October: Poverty Bay 12-16 October: Hawke Bay and Cape Turnagain 17-22 October: Northwards to Anaura Bay 23-29 October: Tolaga Bay 30 October - 3 November: East Cape and Bay of Plenty 4-15 November: Mercury Bay 16-23 November: Hauraki Gulf 24-29 November: to the Bay of Islands 30 November - 6 December: in the Bay of Islands 7-20 December: to North Cape 21-31 December: to Cape Maria van Diemen   January to December, 1770 1-15 January: South to Queen Charlotte's Sound 16 January - 5 February: in Queen Charlotte's Sound 6-9 February: Cook Strait to Castle Point 10-25 February: southwards to Cape Saunders 26 February - 10 March: to South Cape 11-26 March: West Coast of Te Wai Pounamu 26-31 March: Admiralty Bay 1-18 April: towards New Holland 19-28 April: North from Point Hicks 29 April - 6 May: Botany Bay 7-17 May: Broken Bay to Moreton Bay 18-26 May: Double Island Point to Cape Capricorn 27 May - 10 June: Keppel Bay to Green Island 11-16 June: Endeavour strikes the Reef 17 June - 28 July: at Endeavour River 29 July - 11 August: out into the Reefs 12-21 August: Lizard Island to Cape York 22 August - 3 September: Torres Strait to Cook's Bay 4-17 September: in the Arafura Sea 18 September - 11 October: Island of Savu to Batavia 12 October - 26 December: Repairs at Batavia   December 1770 - July 1771 27 December 1770 - 16 January: Departure and Princess Island 17 January - 11 March: Java to the Cape of Good Hope 14 March - 14 April: at Cape Town 15 April - 4 May: voyage to Saint Helena 4 May - 12 July: to the Downs 12 July: landing at Deal Voyaging Accounts Published 2004 by South Seas, using the Web Academic Resource Publisher https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/banks/contents.html To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/-banks-toc