Section 2 - The first Pacific voyage of James Cook
Endeavour journal, 16 January 1771 (Series 03.821)
| Notes: |
Page header reads: 'To the Cape of Good Hope' |
| Author: |
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: |
16 January 1771 |
| Series title: |
Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
| Frame numbers: |
CY 3010 / 633 |
| Transcript: |
16. This Morn we wakd in the open Ocean, nothing in sight but sea and sky. The winds tho fair continud yet so gentle that we hardly knew whether we went on or stood still. At night a booby made us a visit and slept his last sleep in the stomachs of some of our men, not induc'd quite to forsake the old trade of Booby Eating even by the present abundance of victuals. |
