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12 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 |
| Wednesday | 12 | Varble | S 33° 30' | 20 | 7° 21' | 22° 39' | Do N 5° E 174 Leagues |
Much the same weather as yesterday the first part, the remainder mostly calm and clowdy weather. AM try'd the current and found it set SBW1/4W half a Mile per hour, which is not agreeable to yesterday's remark.
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