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17 October 1768
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James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
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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 |
| Monday | 17 | South SE Varble | SBW'W | 11 | 5° 17' | 23° 47' | Do N 5° 15' Dt 212 Leags |
Variable Light Airs and calm. And clear weather. At ' past 1 PM took two distances of the 
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, the first of which gave the Longd 23° 45' 56" and the 2nd 23° 44' West, the difference being not quite two 2 Miles which shows how near to one another these observation can be made.
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