Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 29 December 1768 (Series 03.123)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'To Cape Horn' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
29 December 1768 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3006 / 180 |
| Transcript: |
29. Fair wind, water very white, sounded 46 fathom, about 4 in the Even 44. We observd now some feathers and peices of reed to float by the ship which made us get up the hoave net to see what they were; soon after some drowned Carabi and Phalaenae came past which we took and employd the hoave till dark night taking many specimens. Lat. 41:48. This morn a large sphinx [ ] came off probably from the land and was taken. |
