24 December 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 24 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...

24 December 1769 Sunday 24th Light Airs next to a Calm all this 24 all this 24 hours. At 7 PM saw the land from the mast head bearing S1/2 E. At 11 AM saw it again bearing SSE distant 8 Leagues — At Noon Latde Obserd 33°..48' So — 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/17691224.html