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9 November 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. in Miles | Latd in | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Wednesday | 9 | SSE SSW South | St 62° 15' West | 28 M | 21° 29' |
First and latter parts hazey with a Moderate breeze. Middle fresh gales with thunder Lightning and rain. At 3 PM Tack'd in 16 fathom, distance from the Shore 5 Leagues, the land extending from the NWBW to NE. At 5 took the 2ndreef in the topsails and got down top gt yards. Stood to the SE untill midnight then Tacked, soundings from 16 to 55 fm At 8 AM Loosed the reefs out of the topsails and got topgt yards aCross, unstowed the Anchors and bit the Cables. At Noon Lat.d Obser.d 21°..29 S.o the land extending from SWBS to NNW, distant 4 Leagues. Soundings from 55 to 10fm
Concepts: bit the cable | standing (nautical term) | tacking (nautical term)
Artefacts: Bits | reef (nautical term) | yards
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