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1 January 1769
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James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
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1769
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1 January 1769
| Week Days | Month Days | Winds | Courses | Distce Saild in Miles | Latd in South | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearing At Noon |
| Janry | |||||||
| Sunday | 1 | So to WSW | S 36° W: | 39 | 43°.. 35' | 61°..8'..28" |
First and latter parts fresh breezes and Clear Weather, in the Middle light airs and Calm - At Noon Longitude in per ^4 Sets of Observations between the Sun and Moon 61°.. 8'..28" west, the difference between the least and greatest of these sets was 8' and the mean of two differs from the mean of the whole but 32": The Longd by account carried on from the last observations exactly agrees with the observations — Saw a great number of small Whales about the Ship —
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