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24 December 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 | Courses | Distce in Miles | Latd in South | Longd in W: from Greenwich | Bearing At Noon |
| Saturday | 24 | Calm NErly | S 5°.Wt | 39 | 3°.. 11' | 5°.. 32' |
First part Calm, remainder a Gentle breeze and fine clear weather; this night had two sets of Observations of the Moon and the Star Aldebaran which gave the Longitude 4°.. 54' 15" Wt - the first sett gave 4°.. 55'.15" and the 2nd 4°.. 53'.. 15" —
Places: Aldebaran, star
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