11 December 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 11 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...

11 December 1769 Monday 11th Gentle breezes at N.W and pleasent weather- Kept plying all this day, but got very little to wind ward. At Noon was in the latitude of 34°..32' St the no[r]thermost point of land in sight set yesterday at noon bore NWBW Distce 6 or 7 Leagues — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 164, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17691211.html