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10 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 |
| Monday | 10 | SEBE | S | 10 M | 7° 48' | 22° 13' | Do N 3° E 164 Leags |
First part light breeze and clear weather. Middle Squally, with heavy showers of rain, latter Variable light airs and calm and dark gloomy weather. At 3 pm found the current to set NNE 1/4E 11/4 Mile per hour and at Noon found it to set NE 3/4 N at the same rate and the Variation to be 8° 39' West by the Mean of Several Azimuths.
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