30 December 1769 |
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On this day ... 30 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... |
30 December 1769 Saturday 30th Winds at S.W. PM hard gales with some squalls attended with rain. AM More Modte and fair. At 8 PM wore and Stood to the N.W. untill 5 AM then wore and stood to the SE and being pretty moderate we set the Topsails close reef'd, but the SW Sea runs so high that the Ship goes boddily to leeward At 6 Saw the land bearing NE distant about
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