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Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere, Vols. II - III

Table of Contents On this day ... 12 January 1770 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 Bay of Islands round North Cape to Queen Charlotte's Sound Index Search Contact us

Bay of Islands round North Cape to Queen Charlotte's Sound (continued) At noon on the 12th, we were distant about three leagues from the shore which lies under the Peak, but the Peak itself was wholly concealed by clouds: we judged it to bear about S. S E.; and some very remarkable peaked islands, which lay under the shore, bore E. S.E. distant three or four leagues. At seven in the evening we sounded, and had forty-two fathom, being distant from the shore between two and three leagues: we judged the Peak to bear east; and after it was dark, we saw fires upon the shore. Voyaging Accounts © Derived from Vols. II-III of the London 1773 edition: National Library of Australia call no. FERG 7243, page 383, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/hv23/378.html