25 December 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 25 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...

25 December 1769 Monday 25th A Gentle breeze at SE the weather a little hazey. PM stood to the S.W. At 4 the land above mentioned bore SEBS distant 4 Leagues. It proves to be a small Island which we take to be the Three Kings discover'd by Tasman: there are several smaller Islands or Rocks lying off the SW. end and one at the NE end. It lies in the Latde of 34°..10' So and Longitude 187°..45' West 14° and west 14° North 14 or 15 Leags from the North Cape. At Midnight Tack'd and Stood to the NE untill 6 AM then tack'd and Stood to the Southward. At Noon the Island of the Three Kings bore East 8° north distant 5 or 6 Leagues. Latde Obsd 34°..12' So Longitude In 188°..5' West Variation pr Azths taken this mor^ning 11°..25' Et - 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/17691225.html