4 February 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 4 February 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...

4 February 1770 Sunday 4th Winds northerly a fresh breeze and fair weather. In the PM after returning from the hippa some of us made an excursion along shore to the Northward in order to traffick with the Natives for fish in which we had no great success. In the evening got every thing off from the shore designing to sail in the morning ^but the wind not permiting we amuse'd our selves in fishing collecting shells, seeds &Ca &Ca — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 183, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700204.html