Discovery log (342p.), 10 February 1776-30 October 1778

Component identifier:: File 2/1
Content Summary:: Details of: Winds; weather; course; duties onboard; taking on stores; with Resolution at Plymouth; voyage to Cape of Good Hope; taking on stores at Table Bay; voyage to South Seas; sighting islands and rocks; position of Resolution; observations at Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land; voyage to New Zealand; observations at Charlotte's Sound, New Zealand; voyage to Otaheite; descriptions and position of islands sighted; Palmerston Isles; Annamoke; Rotterdam Isles 'read an order from Captain Cook for prohibiting any person trading except those appointed by the Captains'; Middleburgh; Isle of Otona; sightings of birds, seaweeds, driftwood; 5 April 1778 'natives surrounded the ships in a hostile manner'; Providence Bay.
Processing information:: M3040

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia