Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 14 March 1769 (Series 03.199)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'Standing to the Westward'; 'South Sea' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
14 March 1769 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3006 / 239
CY 3006 / 240 |
| Transcript: |
14. Very light winds today shifting from South to East: at noon an alarm of Land being seen which proved at night to be no more than a fog bank tho it certainly remaind many hours without any change in its appearance. The tropick birds this Evening made a noise as they flew over the ship not unlike some gulls. |