Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 28 May 1770 (Series 03.642)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'Island Head'; 'Thirsty sound' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
28 May 1770 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3010 / 278
CY 3010 / 279 |
| Transcript: |
28. This morn at day break the water appeard much discolourd as if we had Passd by some place where a river ran into the sea; the land itself was high and abounded with hills. Soon after we came round a point into a bay in which were a multitude of Islands. We stood into the middle of them, a boat was sent a head to sound and made a signal for a shoal, on which the ship came too but before the anchor went she had less than 3 fathm water; the boats now sounded all round her and found that she was upon the shoalest part, on which the anchor was got up and we stood on. Weather was hazey; at night anchord. |
