Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 24 August 1770 (Series 03.730)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'Booby Isle' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
24 August 1770 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3010 / 356 |
| Transcript: |
24. Swell continued and in the morn the Best bower cable was broke in weighing by it. The whole day was spent in fruitless attempts to recover the anchor tho there was no more than 8 fathm water. |