Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World
Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World
Cook, James, 1728-1779
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Cook was unaware of their existence, as they were out of sight, but he became painfully acquainted with them later, where the reefsapproach the land, and make navigation along the coast anxious work; buthe here began to get into difficulties with the shoals which stretch offthe coast itself. ) Saturday, 26th. In the P. M. Light breezes at East-South-East, with whichwe stood to the North-West until 4 o'Clock, when it fell calm, and soonafter we Anchored in 12 fathoms. Cape Capricorn bearing Sout...h 54 degreesEast, distant 4 Leagues, having the Main land and Islands in a manner allaround us. In the night we found the tide to rise and fall near 7 feet, and the flood to set to the Westward and Ebb to the Eastward; which isquite the reverse to what we found it when at Anchor to the Eastward ofBustard Bay. At 6 a. M. We weigh'd with the Wind at South, a Gentlebreeze, and stood away to the North-West, between the Outermost range ofIslands* (* The Keppel Islands. ) and the Main land, leaving several smallIslands between us and the Latter, which we passed Close by.
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