21 July 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 21 July 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...

21 July 1770 Saturday 201st Strong breezes at SE and Clowdy weather. In the PM sent a boat to haul the sain which return'd with as much fish as came to 13/4lb a man. The yawl return'd with only one turtle which was caught in the nett for it blew too hard for the boat to strike any. In the morning I sent her out again but she was obliged to return not being able to get to windward - Carpenters employ'd ^in repairing overhauling the boats and overhauling the pumps and ^as the ^wind would not permit us to sail I sent the boatswain with some hands a shore makeing rope and a petty officer with two men to gather greens for the Ships company — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 268, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700721.html