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5 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 |
| Thursday | 5 | SW, NW & NNE. | So 28° W | 92 | 49°..49' | 61°..67' |
The Fore part fresh gales and clear, the Middle light airs, remainder fresh gales and a little hazey - PM found the Variation to be 20°..4' Et — Soundings 75 and 73 fathom — a great Number of water fowl about the Ship —
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