On 11 July, 1771, James Cook wrote “At 7 oClock in the Morning the Start Point [Devon] bore NWBN distant 3 Leagues, and at Noon we Reckoned our selves about 5 Leagues short of Portland. This Fore noon a small cutter built Vessel came under our Stern and enquired after the India fleet, which they said they were cruzing for and had not seen... At ½ past 3 PM pass'd the Bill of Portland and at 7 Peverell point”.
Peverell is near Plymouth, Devon. Portland Bill is further east, a narrow promontory at the southern end of the Isle of Portland, and the southernmost point of Dorset.
Joseph Banks wrote nothing.
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