Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 31 December 1769 (Series 03.493)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'of Cape Maria Van Diemen' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
31 December 1769 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3010 / 117 |
| Transcript: |
31. Wind as yesterday, sea something abated: stood in for the Land which we had not now seen for some time: dared not venture very near as the wind was right on shore, it appeard very sandy and barren. |