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16 May 1770 16. In the morn we were abreast of the hill and saw the breakers which we last night escapd between us and the land. It still blew fresh; at noon we were abreast of some very low land which lookd like an extensive plain in which we supposd there to be a Lagoon, in the neighbourhood of which were many fires.
© Derived from State Library of NSW 1998 Transcription of Banks's Endeavour Journal page (vol.2) 264, 2004 Published by South Seas, using the Web Academic Resource Publisher To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-jrnl-banks-17700516 |