5 January 1771

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 5 January 1771 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 1771 Index Search Contact us Search for Nautical Term in Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine...

5 January 1771 Saturday 5th Had fresh breezes at SW with Squally rainy weather, untill the Evening when it clear'd up and the wind Veer'd to South and SE with which we stood to the SW all night. In the Morning the wind Veer'd to the NE which was still in our favour — At Noon Princes Island bore W1/2S distant 3 Leagues — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 341, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17710105.html