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6 September 1768
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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 in Miles | Latd in | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Tuesday | 6 | NW | S 4° W | 70 | 4° 1' | ° 50' W | C. Finister N. 4° E 70 miles |
Moderate breezes and clear weather these 24 hours. AM found the Variation by the Mean of 5 Azth to be 2° 40' West, which is three degrees more than what it was found yesterday, which I cannot account for, as by this both Observations appeared to me to be equally well made. At 1° 28' AM had an Observation of the Sun and Moon, which gave the Long:d ° 40' West from Greenwich. By this Observation Cape Finister must lie in ° 52' and by that made yesterday in ° 40', the mean of the two is ° 46' West of Greenwich, the Longitude of the Cape, its Lat:d being 4° 53' North.
Concepts: longitude | sounding (nautical term)
Places: Greenwich
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