8 May 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 8 May 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...

8 May 1769 Monday 8th Early this Morning the Master went to the Eastward in the Pinnace to try if he could procure some Hogs and Fowls from that quarter, but he returnd in the evening without success, he saw but a very few and those the Inhabitants pretended belonged to Tootaha so great is this mans influence or authority over them that they dare part with nothing without his consent, or other wise they only make use of his name to excuse themselves from parting with the few they have, for it is very certain these things are in no great plenty with them — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 62, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690508.html