5 January 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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5 January 1770 Friday 5th Fresh gales at SW with frequent squalls attend[ed] with rain, the SW swell still keeps up. Stood to the NW all this day with a prest sail in order to get an offing. At Noon true Cou^rse made good N. 38° West distanc[e] 102 Miles. Latd in per Obser. 35°..10' St The North Cape ^Maria Vandiemen bore No 10 East distant 41 Miles — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 171, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700105.html