30 December 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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30 December 1770 Sunday 30th After making a short trip to the NE, we tack'd and weather'd Pulo Pare and stood in for the Main having the wind at NW a fresh breeze. We fetched Maneaters Island / a small Island laying under the Main Midway between Batavia and Bantam /   After making a trip to the NE and finding that we losd ground we Stood in shore again and Anchord in 13 fathom water - the above mentioned Island bearing SWBW distant 1 Mile and in one with Bantam hill — At 7 In the Morning wieghd with the wind at WSW and stood to the NW and weatherd Wapping Island having the current in our favour — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 339, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17701230.html