11 July 1771

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 11 July 1771 Endeavour Voyage Maps James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia Sydney Parkinson's Journal The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth Other Accounts ... • Joseph Banks's Journal 1771 Index Search Contact us Search for Nautical Term in Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine...

11 July 1771 Thursday 11th July. Steady fresh breeze and Clear weather. At 2 In the PM. saw the Lizard land and at 6 o'Clock the Light Houses bore NW Distant 5 Leagues, we being at this time by my Reckoning in the Longitude of 5°..30 Wt Soon after saw two Ships under their Topsails between us and the [land] which we took for Men of War — At 7 oClock in the Morning the Start Point bore NWBN distant 3 Leagues, and at Noon we Reckoned our selves about 5 Leagues short of Portland - This Fore noon a small ^cutter built Vessel came under our Stern and enquired after the India fleet, which they said they were cruzing for and had not seen — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 379, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17710711.html