23 December 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 23 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...

23 December 1769 Saturday 23d Gentle breezes between the SBW S.B.W. and SW. and clear settled weather with a swell from the SW. Course and distance sail'd sence yesterday at Noon is So 60° East 30 Miles. Latitude observed 33°..17' So North Cape St 36' East distant 27 Leagues — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 167, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17691223.html