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 - Page 237
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No Probability of a Southern Continent
English | New Zealand | South Sea Islands |
No. | Kaoura | Oure |
Number 1 | Tahai | Tahai |
2 | Rua | Rua |
3 | Torow | Torow |
4 | Ha | Heo |
5 | Rema | Remo |
6 | Ons | Ono |
7 | Etu | Hetu |
8 | Wharow | Wharow |
9 | Toa | Hyva |
10 | Angahourow | Ahourow |
What do you call
this or that } O.Y terrer
These are some small differences in the Language spoke by the Aehi[?]
nomouwears & 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 of England & another what is here inserted is
as Specimen is that spoke by the People of Achunomouwe, what is meant
by the S° 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 suffi-
cient proof that both they & the New Zealanders 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 of [persuaide?] 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 prevailed & may yet prevail it is neccesary
I should say something in support of [mine?] more than what will be
directly pointed out by the Track of [?Kinship] in those Seas, for [foom?] that alone
it will evidently appear that there is a large space extend of quite to the
Tropick in w[?] we were [...?...} any others before us that we can ever learn
for certain in our[reret? ] to the northern, after doubling Cape Horn when in
the Lat'de of 40°, we were in the Long'de of 110° - & on our return to the South w @
after leaving Ulactea when in the same Lat'de we were in the Longitude
of 145°, the difference in this Lat'de is 95°, for the Latitue of 30° the difference of