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10 August 1768
Endeavour Voyage Maps
James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
Joseph Banks's Journal
Sydney Parkinson's Journal
The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth
1768
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Variable light airs and Clear weather. At 8 pm Beachey Head NEBE Distant 4 Leagues and at 8 am it bore NEBN, 9 Leagues, found the Variation of the Compass to be 23° West. At Noon the Isle of Wight NWBW
Concepts: compass variation
Artefacts: Gunpower
Places: Isle of Wight
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