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27 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 |
| Tuesday | 27 | Northerly | So 5° Wt | 123 | 4°..38' | 5°..15' |
Fresh breeze and hazey, with squalls, which oblige'd us dureing the night to take in the small sails and two reefs in the Topsails, which was were let out in the morning
Artefacts: studding sails | topsails
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