James Cook - A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour on a voyage round the world, by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander, commencing the 25th of May 1768 - 23 Oct. 1770: No. 237
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No Probability of a Southern Continent
| English | New Zeland | South Sea Islands - |
| No. | Kaoura | Oure |
| Number 1 | Tahai | Tahai |
| 2 | Rua | Rua |
| 3 | Torou | Torou |
| 4 | Ha | Heo |
| 5 | Rema | Remo |
| 6 | Ons | Ono |
| 7 | Etu | Hetu |
| 8 | Wharou | Wharou |
| 9 | Toa | Hyva |
| 10 | Angahourou | Ahourou |
What do you call this of that } O. Y Terrer
There are some small difference in the Language spoke by the Aehieno-mouweans & those of Tovy poenammu but this difference seem'd seem'd to me to be only in the pronunciation & is no more than what we find between one part England & another what is here inserted as a Specimen is that spoke by the People of Aehiuenomouwe, what is meant by the So Sea Islands are those Islands we ourselves Touched at, but I gave it that Title because we have always been told that the same Language is universally spoke by all the Islanders & that this is a Sufficient proof that both they & the New Zelanders have had one Origin or Source but where this is even time perhaps may never discover, it certainly is neither to the Southward nor Eastward for I am not perswaide myself that ever they came from America & as to a Southern Continent I do not believe any such thing exist unless in a high Latitude, but as the Contrary opinion hath for many years prevaild & may yet prevail it is necessary I should say something in support of mine more than what will be directly pointed out by the Track of this Ship in those Seas, for from that alone it will evidently appear that there is a large space extendg quite to the Tropick in w.ch we were not or any other before us that we can ever learn for certain, in our rout to the northw.d after doubling Cape Horn when in the Latde of 40°, we were in the Long.de of 110°- & in our return to the Southwd after leaving Ulietea when in the same Lat.de we were in the Longitude of 145°. the difference in this Lat.de is 35°, In the Latitude of 30° the diffce of
Reasons for their being no Southern Continent [in the margin]