10 May 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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10 May 1770 Thursday 10th In the PM had the wind at NEBN with which we stood in shore untill near 4 oClock when we tack'd in 23 fathom water being about ^a Mile from the land and as much to the Southward of Cape Three Points In the night the wind veer'd to NW and West and in the morning to SW.   having the advantage of a light Moon we made the best of our way along shore to the northward   At Noon we were by observation in the Latitude of 32°..53' So Longde 208°..00' West and about 2 Leagues from the Land which extended from N 41°. Et to S 41°.Wt   A small round rock or Island laying close under the land bore So 82° West distt 3 or 4 Leagues. At sun rise in the Morning found the variation to be 8° East. In the Latitude of 33°.. 2' So a little way inland is a remarkable hill that is shaped like the Crown of a hatt which we past about 9 oClock in the forenoon Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 234, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700510.html