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Historical Records of New Zealand Vol. II.
An account of the flowing of the tides in the South Sea, as — observed on board his Majesty's bark Endeavour, by Lieu- — tenant J. Cook, commander, in a letter to Nevil Maskelyne, — Astronomer Royal and F.R.S. — Mile End, 5 February, 1772. —
An account of the flowing of the tides in the South Sea, as
observed on board his Majesty's bark Endeavour, by Lieu-
tenant J. Cook, commander, in a letter to Nevil Maskelyne,
Astronomer Royal and F.R.S.
Mile End, 5 February, 1772.
observed on board his Majesty's bark Endeavour, by Lieu-
tenant J. Cook, commander, in a letter to Nevil Maskelyne,
Astronomer Royal and F.R.S.
Mile End, 5 February, 1772.
Reverend Sir,—
I have sent you the few observations I made on the tides in the South Sea, to which I had only to add that from many circumstances and observations I am fully convinced that the flood comes from the southward, or rather from the S.E.