On this day ...
4 November 1768
Endeavour Voyage Maps
James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
Joseph Banks's Journal
Sydney Parkinson's Journal
The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth
1768
References
Index
Search
Contact us
Search for Nautical Term in Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine...
| Week Days | Month Days | Winds | Course | Dist. in Miles | Latd In South | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Friday | 4 | EBS | S 19° 30' W. | 125 | 16° 49' | 33° 37' |
A Steady gale and fair weather. PM Variation pr Az. 1°.. 29' W Do 1° 28' W and by the Ampd 1° 12' W. Mean 1°.. 23' West, by which it appears that we have a gain crossed the line of no variation. At ' past 9 AM the longd of the Ship per observation of the 
& 
33°..26'.. 30".
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: line of no variation
 |
Voyaging Accounts |  |
© Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 15, 2004
Published by kind permission of the Library
To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17681104.html