18 April 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 18 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...

18 April 1769 Tuesday 18th Clowdy weather with some Showers of rain- This morning took as many people out of the Ship as could possibly be spar'd and set about Errecting a Fort, some were employ'd in troughing up intrenchments while others was cutting faccines Pickets &Ca  the natives were so far from hindering us that several of them assisted in bring[ing] the Pickets and Faccines out of the woods and seem'd quite unconcern'd at what we were about.   the wood we made use on for this occation we purchased of them and we cut no tree down before we had first obtain'd their consent. [9] By this time all the Ships sails were unbent and the Armourers Forge set up to repair the Iron work &Ca. Serve'd Fresh Pork to the Ship's Compney to day for the first time, this is like to be a very scarce Article with us but as to Bread fruit Cocoa-nuts and Plaintains we have ^ the Natives supply us with as much as we can distroy — Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: breadfruit | coconut palm | plantains Places: Fort Venus Voyaging Accounts © Transcription of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 pages 55 - 56, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690418.html