Cook's Journal: Daily Entries, 23 December 1768

23 December 1768
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23 December 1768

Week Days	Month Days	Winds	Course	Dist^{. in Miles}	Lat^d in South	Long^d in West from Greenwich	Bearing At Noon
Friday	23	Southerly	N. 4°. W^t	33	36..46	49..32

Light Airs and clear weather - Saw some Turtle upon the water but could not catch any - Sounded no ground with 200 f^m Variation 1°.. 40' E^t

Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: leatherback sea turtle

© Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 23, 2004
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