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8 December 1768
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James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
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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 South | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearing At Noon |
| Thursday | 8 | ENE NE NBE | So ° 30' Wt — | 85 | 2°..17' | 4°.29' |
Fore and middle parts Moderate breezes and Clowdy, remainder little wind and Clear Weather - At 3 PM the Boat return'd from the Island hoiste'd her in and made sail - At 6 the Sugar Loaf at the west entrance of Rio de Janeiro - bore N'E destant 7 Leagues - it lies from the City of Rio de Janeiro from which I take my departure SW ° Miles —
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