7 May 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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7 May 1770 Monday 7th Little wind southerly and serene pleasent weather. In the PM found the Variation by Several Azimuths to be 8° East - At sun set the Northermost land in sight bore N. 26° East, and some broken land that appear'd to form a Bay boare N. 40° West distant 4 Leagues. this Bay I named Broken Bay Latitude 33°..36' So We steerd along shore NNE all night at the distance of about 3 Leagues from the land having from 32 to 36 fathom a hard sandy bottom A little after Sun rise I tooke several Azimuths with four Needles belonging to the Azimuth Compass the mean result of which gave the Variation of 7°..56' East At Noon we were by observation in the Latitude of 33°..22' So and about 3 Leagues from the land, the northermost part of which in sight bore N 19° East Some pritty high land which projected out in two three bluff points and occasioned my calling it Cape Three Points / Latde 33° 33' / bore SW distant 5 Leagues - Longitude made from Sting ray Harbour Botany Bay 0°..19' East Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 233, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700507.html