26 April 1771

Joseph Banks's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 26 April 1771 Endeavour Voyage Maps James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia Transcript of Cook's Journal Sydney Parkinson's Journal The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth 1771 Index Search Contact us Search for in Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine

26 April 1771 26. Saw two Sternas, probably blown off from the Coast of Africa tho they seem little to regard the ship but flew towards the sea. In the even Dr Solander and several more heard a noise rumbling like distant thunder which was in general supposd to be a gun from some ship not in sight; the Dr however thought that its duration was considerably Longer than that of a gun fird in the open Sea where there is no Eccho. Voyaging Accounts © Derived from State Library of NSW 1998 Transcription of Banks's Endeavour Journal page (vol.2) 577, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/banks/17710426.html