28 November 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 28 November 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...

28 November 1769 Tuesday 28th A Fresh breeze from the Westward all this day which being right in our teeth we kept beating to wind ward with all the sail we could crowd but instead of gaining we lost ground. AM being close in with the land to the Westward of the Bay which lies on this side of Cape Bret we saw at some distance inland 2 pretty large Villages and pallisaded in, in the Same manner as others we have seen,   At Noon C. Bret SEBE1/2E. Dist 6 Leagues. Latd Obd 35° 0' So — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 155, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17691128.html