7 January 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 7 January 1770 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 1770 Index Search Contact us Search for Nautical Term in Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine...

7 January 1770 Sunday 7th Variable light airs and sometimes Calm with Clear pleasent weather. At day light Saw the land which we took pas took to be the North Cape ^Maria Vandiemen bearing NNE distant 8 or 9 Leagues At Noon Latitude in pr Observation 35°..0' St The North Cape ^Maria Vandiemen by estimation bore North distant 11 Leagues — 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/17700107.html