18 October 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 18 October 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...

18 October 1769 Wednesday 18th Variable light Wind and fine Weather. At 4 AM Cape Kidnappers bore No 32° West distant 2 Leagues, in this situation had 62 fm water, and when the said Cape bore WBN distant 3 or 4 Leagues had 45 fathom: Midway between the Isle of Portland and Cape Kidnappers had 65 fathom At Noon the Isle of Portland bore NE1/2E distant 4 Leagues- Latitude Observ'd 39°..34' So. Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 128, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17691018.html