27 October 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 27 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...

27 October 1769 Friday, 27th Winds at S.W. first part rainy weather the remainder fair. AM sent the Pinnace to dridge but she met with no success, after this I went and soundd the Bay. I made a shift to land in two places, the first time in the bottom of the Bay where I went a little way into the Country but met with nothing extraordinaory the other place I landed at was at the north point of the Bay where I got as much Sellery and Scurvy grass as loaded the Boat. This day we compleated our water to 70 Tons, but not wood enough 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/17691027.html