6 August 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 6 August 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...

6 August 1769 Sunday 6th Variable light airs and fair weather. AM. I sent the Master again to the northward to procure refreshments, who return'd not unsuccessfull   Opoony the Chief sent some of his people this morning to me for ^to get something in return for the present he sent the other day.   he not chewsing as I suppose to trust himself on board or perhaps he thought the persons he sent / who were three very pretty young girls / would succeed better than he should do.   be this as it may they went away very well saitisfied with what they got.  altho I beleive that they were disapointed in some things — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 101, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690806.html