19 April 1769

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

Table of Contents On this day ... 19 April 1769 Endeavour Voyage Maps James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia Joseph Banks's Journal Sydney Parkinson's Journal The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth 1769 References Index Search Contact us Search for Nautical Term in Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine...

19 April 1769 Wednesday 19th This morning Lycurgus, whose real name is Tobia Tomita Toobouratomita came with his Family from the westward in order from what we could understand to live near us, he brought with him the covering of a house with several other Materials for building one, we intend to requite the conf[i]dence this man seems to put in us by treating him with all imaginable kindness- got on Shore some empty casks which we place'd in a double row along the bank of the River by way of a breast work on that side — People in South Seas Companion: Tupura'ai Tamaita ('Lycurgus') Places: Fort Venus Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 56, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17690419.html