20 July 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 20 July 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...

20 July 1769 Thursday 20th Moderate breeze andt at East and ENE fair weather, At 1/2 past 2 PM, weigh'd and made Sail for the Island of Ulietea which lies SWBW distant 7 or 8 leagues from Huaheine, at 1/2 past 6, we were within 3 Leagues of it, then shorten'd sail and Stood off and on all night, and at day light made sail in shore and soon after discover'd an opening in the reef ^ that lies along this side of the Island within which Tobiaupia said was a good harbr   ^upon this I hoisted out the Pinnace and sent the Master in to examine it who soon made the signal for the ship to follow, accordingly we stood in and anchor'd in 22 fathom soft ground: soon after we anchor'd some of the Natives came on board the Ship with very little invatation — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 96, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690720.html