17 July 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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17 July 1770 Tuesday 17th Wind at SE a fresh breeze. People employ'd as yesterday and seting up the rigging. In the evening the Pinnace returnd with three turtle, two of which the Yawl caught and sent in. At 7h..41'..17" ^PM Observ'd the first Satillite of Jupiter to Emerge; the same Emersion happen'd at Greenwich at 10h..5200'..52" in the AM the difference is 1°..19'..35" = to 21°..53'..45" of Longitude the observation made on the 29th of last Month gave 21°..42'..30" the mean is 21°..48'..71/2" which this place is west of Greenwich — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 266, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700717.html