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19 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 | Courses | Distce in Miles | Latitude in | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Monday | 19 | ESE | ----- | ----- | 31° 43' | ----- | High Land over Funchall N 7° E Distce 49 miles |
Light breeze and fine clear weather. At Midnight Saild from Funchal, at 8 am the high land over it bore N½E. Unbent the cables stowed the Anchors and Issued to the Ship's Compney 10 pounds of Onions p.r Man. Ship's Draught of Water, Forw:rd 14F. 8I. Abaft 15F 1I.
Concepts: abaft
Artefacts: cable
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