12 April 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 12 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...

12 April 1770 Thursday 12th Calm with now and then light airs from the NE and NW clowdy weather but remarkably warm and so it hath been for some days past. At Noon ^we were in the Latitude of 39°..11' and Longde from Cape Farewell 17°..35' Wt Course and distance saild sence yesterday noon So 66° Wt 10 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/17700412.html