Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 15 April 1770 (Series 03.599)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'Towards New South Wales' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
15 April 1770 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3010 / 239 |
| Transcript: |
15. Little or no Dew this morn: the Breeze freshned and came to WNW which soon raisd a sea. Several flying fish were seen today; tho I was not fortunate enough to see any of them yet they were seen by people who I am sure could not be mistaken. After dinner a small Bird of the Sterna kind came about the ship much like the Sterna [ ] of New Zealand but browner upon the back; it stayd a long time about the ship and seemd to me as if it had lost its way. At night the wind moderated but with it came a kind of invisible spray or mist which thouroughly wetted my hair as I walkd the deck. |
