31 July 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 31 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...

31 July 1769 Monday 31st. Fresh gales in the SE quarter and Close Clowdy weather. Plying to windward all this day on the SW side of Otaha without gaining little or any thing,  in the middle watch was oblig'd to double reef our Topsails but in the morn.g it fell moderate and ^we crow^ded all the sail we could - At Noon the South end of Otaha bore East distant 2 Leagues. Latd Obserd 16°.40' South   Tobiaupia told us there was a very good harbr within the reef which lies on this side of Otaha but this Harbour I shall discribe in a nother place — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 99, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690731.html