Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 21 February 1769 (Series 03.178)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'Standing to the Westward' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
21 February 1769 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3006 / 234
CY 3006 / 235 |
| Transcript: |
21. Still no swell from the west tho the ship had fresh way through the water. A bird not seen before attended the ship about the size of a pidgeon, black above and light colourd underneath, darting swiftly along the surface of the water in the same manner as I have observd the Nectris to do of which genus he is probably a species. |
