Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 3 April 1770 (Series 03.587)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'Towards New South Wales' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
3 April 1770 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3010 / 234 |
| Transcript: |
3. Wind as yesterday: we got fast on to the Westward but the Compass shewd that the hearts of our people hanging that way caus'd a considerable North variation which was sensibly felt by our navigators, who calld it a current as they usualy do every thing which makes their reconings and observations disagree. |