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12 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 | Dist Sail'd in Mile | Latd in South | Longd in West from Greenwh | Bearings At Noon |
| Tuesday | 12 | N & NNE Varble WSW | —— | —— | 54..34 pr Obsern | —— | —— |
First part Moderate breeze and clowdy, remainder some times a fresh breeze, some times calm, hazey and rainy weather, at 5 the wind coming to the Northward, obliged us to Tack and stand N.W. ward being then about 5 Miles from the shore and had 23 fathom a sandy bottom; at Midnight Tacked and stood to the Eastward — at Noon the land near the entrance of Straits Le Maire ENE Distce 7 leagues, Soundings from 28 to 38 fm
Concepts: tacking (nautical term)
Places: Strait le Maire
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