12 December 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 12 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...

12 December 1769 Tuesday 12th Moderate breezes of Winds between the North-west and north and smooth water, yet we gain'd very little in plying to windward - At Noon the West point of Mount Camel bore SBW1/4W distt 4 or 5 Leagues- Latd Obd 34°..34' So 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/17691212.html