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11 September 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 in Miles | Latd in | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Sunday | 11 | NEBE & NBE | S 3° W. | 94 | 3° 1' | 1° 29' | C. Finister N. 26'' E 198 ls |
The same winds and weather continues. Found the Variation to be this Even'g 1° 54', and in the Morn'g 1° 58' West, they both being the mean result of several good Observations.
Concepts: compass variation
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