28 July 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 28 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...

28 July 1769 Friday 28th Little winds and Variable between the SW and NW. At 6 AM. being near the entrence of the Harbour which lies on the S East side of Otaha before mention'd, and finding that it might be examined without looseing time, I sent away the Master in the Long-boat with orders to sound the Harbour and if the wind did not shift in our favour to land upon ^the Island and to traffick with the Natives for such refreshments as was were to be got. Mr Banks and Dr Solander went along with him — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 98, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690728.html