Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 28 February 1769 (Series 03.185)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'Standing to the Westward' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
28 February 1769 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3006 / 235
CY 3006 / 236 |
| Transcript: |
28. Weather fine with a pleasant breeze. In the evening a great many Porpoises of a very large size came about the ship; they differ'd from any I have seen before in being very much larger, in having their back fins a great deall higher in proportion, and in every one having a white spot on each side of his face as large as the crown of a hat but of an oval shape. |
