24 March 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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24 March 1770 Saturday 24th In the PM had a gentle breeze at SW which by dark run us the length of the Eastren point set at noon, and not knowing what course the land took on the other side we brought too in 34 fathom water about one league from the land. At 8 oClock it fell falling little wind we fill'd and stood on untill 12 at which time we brought too untill 4 AM than made sail - At day light we saw the low land extending from the above point to the ESE as far as the eye could reach, the Eastern extremity ^of which appeared in round hillocks.   by this time the wind had veer'd to the Eastward which obliged us to ply to wind ward - At Noon the point above mentioned bore SWBS distant 16 Miles - Latde obserd 40°..19' So This point I afterward named Cape Fare-well, for reasons which will be given in their proper place — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 204, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700324.html