Cooktown Qld
August 3rd 2022 Joseph Banks Journal - June 1770
10th June - but scarce were we warm in our beds when we were called up with the alarming news .... the ship being fast ashore upon a rock.
11th June - she leaked so fast that with all our pumps we could just keep her free... Fear of Death now stared us in the face.
12th June - at night came to an anchor...the fother keeping her almost clear..
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