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7 January 1769
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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 |
| Saturday | 7 | Southerly So | So 62° E | 14 | 51..26 | 61°..59' |
First part Strong gales with excessive hard Squales accompney'd with rain, at 9 PM wore and brought too her head to the westward under the Main sail, and reef'd the Fore sail for the first time — the Storm continued with little intermission untill a little toward Noon when it abated so as we could set the Topsails close reef'd — Saw ma[n]y Penguins and some Seals —
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: south American fur seal
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