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16 April 1769
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
1769
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Sunday 16th This day warpe'd the Ship nearer the Shore and moor'd her in such a Manner as to command all the Shore of the NE part of the Bay, but more particularly the place where we intended to Erect a Fort. Punished Richd Hutchins Seaman with 12 Lashes for disobaying command. Several of the Natives came down to ^ ye Shore of the Bay but not one of them came off to the Ship during the whole day- in the evening I went a Shore with only a Boats crew and some of the Gentlemen. the natives gathered about us to the number of about 30 or 40 and b[r]ought us Cocoa nuts &Ca and seemed as friendly as ever —
Concepts: corporal punishment
Artefacts: longboat
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: coconut palm
People in South Seas Companion: Hutchins, Richard
Places: Fort Venus
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