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====Northward to Batavia==== After waiting for the wind, ''Endeavour'' resumed her voyage on the afternoon of 5 August 1770, reaching the northernmost point of [[Cape York Peninsula]] fifteen days later. On 22 August, Cook was rowed ashore to a small coastal island to proclaim British sovereignty over the eastern Australian mainland.<ref>Blainey 2008, pp. 299β300</ref> Cook christened his landing place [[Possession Island National Park|Possession Island]], and ceremonial volleys of gunfire from the shore and ''Endeavour''{{'}}s deck marked the occasion.<ref>Hough 1995, pp. 189β190</ref> [[File:Track of Endeavour.jpg|300px|thumb|left|alt=Map:A line runs from the Great Barrier Reef northward to Endeavour River and Cape York, then northwest through Torres Strait to the southern coastline of New Guinea. The line then heads west-southwest to Timor, westward parallel to but south of Java to Christmas Island, and northwest to Batavia.|Route of ''Endeavour'' from the [[Torres Strait]] to [[Java]], August and September 1770]] ''Endeavour'' then resumed her voyage westward along the coast, picking a path through intermittent shoals and reefs with the help of the pinnace, which was rowed ahead to test the water depth.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|pp=386β389}} By 26 August she was out of sight of land, and had entered the open waters of the [[Torres Strait]] between Australia and [[New Guinea]], earlier navigated by [[Luis VΓ‘ez de Torres]] in 1606. To keep ''Endeavour''{{'}}s voyages and discoveries secret, Cook confiscated the log books and journals of all on board and ordered them to remain silent about where they had been.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=426}} After a three-day layover off the island of [[Savu]], ''Endeavour'' sailed on to [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], the capital of the [[Dutch East Indies]], on 10 October.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|pp=431β432<}} A day later lightning during a sudden tropical storm struck the ship, but the rudimentary "electric chain" or [[lightning rod]] that Cook had ordered rigged to ''Endeavour''{{'}}s mast saved her from serious damage.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=433}} The ship remained in very poor condition following her grounding on the Great Barrier Reef in June. The ship's carpenter, John Seetterly,<!-- or "Satterley", but Cook's log spells it the less traditional way ---> observed that she was "very leaky β makes from twelve to six inches an hour, occasioned by her main keel being wounded in many places, [[false keel]] gone from beyond the [[wikt:amidships|midships]]. Wounded on her [[wikt:larboard|larbord]] side where the greatest leak is but I could not come at it for the water."<ref>Carpenter's Report, J. Seetterly, 10 October 1770, cited in Hosty and Hundley 2003, pp. 55β56</ref> An inspection of the hull revealed that some unrepaired planks were cut through to within {{convert|1/8|in|mm}}. Cook noted it was a "surprise to every one who saw her bottom how we had kept her above water" for the previous three-month voyage across open seas.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=437}} After riding at anchor for two weeks, ''Endeavour'' was heaved out of the water on 9 November and laid on her side for repairs. Some damaged timbers were found to be infested with [[shipworm]]s, which required careful removal to ensure they did not spread throughout the hull.{{sfn|Hosty|Hundley|2003|pp=55β58}} Broken timbers were replaced and the hull recaulked, scraped of shellfish and marine flora, and repainted.{{sfn|Hosty|Hundley|2003|pp=55β58}} Finally, the rigging and pumps were renewed and fresh stores brought aboard for the return journey to England. Repairs and replenishment were completed by Christmas Day 1770, and the next day ''Endeavour'' [[Weigh anchor|weighed anchor]] and set sail westward towards the [[Indian Ocean]].{{sfn|Hosty|Hundley|2003|pp=55β58}}
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