Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 2 September 1769 (Series 03.373)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'in search of the Southern Continent' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
2 September 1769 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3010 / 8
CY 3010 / 9 |
| Transcript: |
2. Wind still fresher, ship lays too. Bird[s] of all the sorts before mentiond in great numbers round her. In the evening the weather moderates and the sea falls fast. At night the comet was seen brighter than when last observd but the tail was something shorter, which when last seen measurd 42 degrees in lengh. Great sea from WSW. At 4 lat. 40°. |
