25 October 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 25 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...

25 October 1769 Wednesday, 25th Winds and weather as yesterday. PM set up the Armourer's Forge to repair the Tiller braces they being broke; by night we had got on board 12 Ton of water and two or 3 boat loads of wood, and this I looked upon to be a good days work — the natives gave us not the least disturbance, but brought us now and then different sorts of fish, both to the Ship and watering place which we purchased of them with Cloth beeds &Ca — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 131, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17691025.html