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Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere, Vols. II - III

Table of Contents On this day ... 15 November 1769 Endeavour Voyage Maps James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia Transcript of Cook's Journal Joseph Banks's Journal Sydney Parkinson's Journal The Range from Tolaga to Mercury Bay Index Search Contact us

The Range from Tolaga to Mercury Bay (continued) Before we left the bay, we cut upon one of the trees near the watering-place the ship’s name, and that of the Commander, with the date of the year and month when we were there; and, after displaying the English colours, I took a formal possession of it in the name of his Britannic Majesty King George the Third. Voyaging Accounts © Derived from Vols. II-III of the London 1773 edition: National Library of Australia call no. FERG 7243, page 348, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/hv23/345.html