14 December 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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14 December 1769 Thursday 14th Strong gales at west and WSW with Squals at times attended with rain. At half past 3 PM Tackd and Stood to the northward a small Id lying off the East point ^Knockle point bore of          Bay S1/2W distant half a Leagues- In the evining [evening] brought the ship under her Courses, having first split the fore and Mizn Topsails At Mid night wore and stood to the southward untill 5 AM, then Tack'd and stood to the NW, at this time saw the land bearing South, distant 8 or 9 Leagues, by this we found that we had fell very much to Leeward sence yesterday morning. Set the Topsails close reef'd and the people to work to dry and repair the damaged sails — At Noon a Strong gale and clear weather, Latd obd 34°..6' So Saw land bearing S.W. being the same North- Westermost land we have seen before and which I take to be the no^rthern extremity of this Country as we have now a large swell rowling in from the westward which could not well be was we covered by any land on that point of the compass — 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/17691214.html