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2 January 1769
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
1769
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| Week Days | Month Days | Winds | Courses | Distce Saild in Miles | Latd in South | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearing At Noon |
| Monday | 2 | Westerly | So 2° E. | 92 | 45°..17' | 61..7'..45" |
The first part of this day a Gentle gale and clear weather, the Middle Squally with Lightning and rain. and some showers of large hail stones, to wards Noon a Steady fresh breeze and clear weather - at Noon Longitude in by 3 sets of observations between the Sun and Moon 61°..7'.. 45" Wt which is 43" to the Eastward of yesterday's observations - the Ship by the Log has made 4' East —
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