24 May 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 24 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...

24 May 1769 Wednesday 24th Fine Clear weather all this Day - Having found the Long-boat leakey for these few days past, we haled her ashore to day to stop the leakes, when to our great surprise we found her bottom so much eaten by the worms that it was necessary to give her a new one, and all the Carpenters ^ were immidiatly set to work upon her — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 64, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690524.html