31 December 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 31 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...

31 December 1769 Saturday 31st Fresh gales at SW and SWBS accompaned by a large sea from the same qua^rter   At 1 PM Tacked and stood to the NW untill 8 then stood to the SE. At this time the Island of the Three Kings bore NWBW distant 11 Leagues and Cape Maria Van Diemen NBE. At midnight wore and stood to the NW untill 4 AM then wore and stood to the SE. At Noon our Latitude by obsern was 34°..42' So the land of Cape Maria Van Diemen bore NEBN distant about 5 Leagues Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 168, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17691231.html