16 April 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 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 References Index Search Contact us Search for Nautical Term in Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine...

16 April 1769 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 Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 55, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690416.html