12 January 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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12 January 1770 Thursday 11 Friday 12th Gentle breezes from between the NW and NNE, fore and middle parts Clear weather, the latter part dark and Clowdy. Steering ^along shore SBW and SSW at the distance of 4 Leagues off. At 7 PM saw the top of the peaked Mountain to the southward above the Clowds bearing from us South and at the same time the southermost land we had in sight bore SBW. Took several azths both in the evening and the morning which gave the Variation 14°.15' Easterly - At Noon had the winds very Variable with dark clowdy weather attended with excessive heavy showers of rain, at this time we were about 3 Leagues from the shore which lies under the peaked Mountain before mentioned, this Peak we did not see ^it being hid in the Clowds but judged it to bear about SSE, and some very remarkable peaked Islands lying under the Shore ^ call'd the Sugar loaves bore ESE distant 3 or 4 Leagues. Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 173, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700112.html