7 December 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 7 December 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...

7 December 1769 Thursday 7th PM A fresh breeze from the westward and Clear weather. At 3 oClock took several observations of the Sun and Moon the mean result of them gives 185°..36' West Longitude from the meridian of Greenwich — What winds we have had this 24 hours hath been againest us so that at Noon we had advanced but very little to the Westward — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 162, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17691207.html