8 April 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 8 April 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...

8 April 1770 Sunday 8th Gentle breezes from the N.W. and North    In the PM found the Variation to be 13°..56' East - At Noon Latitude in pr Observation 38°..0' So Longitude made from C. Fare well 13°..2' West Course and distance saild sence yesterday Noon So 70°.. 15' West 74 Miles — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 222, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700408.html