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6 October 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 | Dist.ce in Miles | Latitude in | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Thursday | 6 | NE SE Srly | S 1° 30' W. | 77 | ° 40' | 2° 28' | Do N ° E Distt 128 leagues. |
First part Light breeze and Clowdy. Middle frequent heavy squalls with rain till to wards Noon when we had again little wind. Found the Variation by the mean of three Azimuth taken this morning to be ° 52' W. which ^ makes the Variation found yesterday doubtfull.
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