6 December 1768

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 6 December 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...

6 December 1768 Tuesday 6th The Sea breeze continued all these 24 hours, at 2 PM the Ship tended to the wind which cleared the Anchor, hove it up and run higher up the Bay and Anchor'd in 15 fathom water a little below the Isle or Church of Bon Voyage - Found the cable very much rub'd several fathoms from the Anchor — Places: Ilha da Boa Viagem Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 20, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17681206.html