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14 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 | Lat.d in | Long.d in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Friday | 14 | WSW to SSE | Course S 5° E | 24 | 6° 38' | 22° 30' | Do N 3 15' E Dt 188 L |
Dark gloomy weather with much rain, the wind variable from WSW to SSE, some times on one tack and sometimes on the other.
Concepts: tacking (nautical term)
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