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13 August 1769
Endeavour Voyage Maps
James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
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Sydney Parkinson's Journal
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1769
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13. At noon today high land in sight which proved to be Tupias Island of Oheter'a. At night we were close in with it. He sayd that there were many other Islands from south to south west of us most of their names beginning with Ohete, none however were in sight.
Many Albecores have been about the ship all the evening, Tupia took one and had not his rod broke would probably have taken many. He usd an Indian fish hook made of mother of pearl so that it servd at the same time both for hook and bait.
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© Derived from State Library of NSW 1998 Transcription of Banks's Endeavour Journal page (vol.1) 325, 2004
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