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26 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 of Greenwich | Bearings At Noon |
| Thursday | 26 | WBW to WNW | So 15° W. | 63 | 56..57 | 68° 13' | C. Horn |
Fresh gales and thick hazey weather with small rain, at 2 PM the weather clearing up a little saw cape Horn bearing WSW Distant about 6 Leagues and from which I take my Departure, its Latitude and Longitude have before been taken notice of —
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