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27 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 |
| Tuesday | 27 | NE | S 1° W | 145 | 21 . 26 | 20 14' | Do N. 2° E Dt 154 legs |
The same wind and weather this day as yesterday. Served Wine to the Ships Compney, the Beer being all expended to two cask which I intend to keep some time longer, as the whole has proved very good to the Very last Cask. At Noon found the ship by Observation 10 miles a head of the Log, which I suppose may be owing to a current Setting in the same diriction of as the trade wind.
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: Atlantic, trade winds and currents
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