2 April 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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2 April 1770 Monday 2d In the PM had a Moderate gale at North with thick hazy weather attended with rain - At 8 oClock it fell little wind and veer'd to WSW at which time we tack'd. At Midnight the wind came to SSW and increased to a brisk gale with fair Clowdy weather which we made the most of as soon as it was day light - At Noon our Latitude by observation was 40°.0' and Longde made from Cape Farewell 2°..31' West — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 221, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700402.html