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31 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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| Week Days | Month Days | Winds | Course | Distce | Latd in | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Wednesday | 31 | West to W | S 36° E | 82 M. | 45° 3' | 8° 43' W | Lizd NNE Dist. 105 leagues |
Fore and middle parts Moderate breeze and clear, latter fresh Gales and clowdy. At 6 pm loosed the 2nd reef out of the Topsails and at 8 am took them in again. At Noon Tacked and stood to the NW, having stood before to the southward.
Concepts: tacking (nautical term)
Artefacts: reef (nautical term) | topsails
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