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27 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 |
| Friday | 27 | SW W & North | So 8° W. | 32 | 57°.. 2' | 68° 27' |
First part Moderate breezes and thick hazey weather, the Middle fair and clowdy and the latter a fresh gale and with some rain- at 8 AM took two sets of Observations of the Sun and Moon, the first gave 68°..15', the 2nd 68°..9'; the mean of the two is 68°.12' West. The Longitude of the Ship at Noon by these observations is 68°..42' -- 14' the Longitude made from Cape Horn is = 68° 28', the Longd of Cape Horn according to this Observation — A Great many large Albetrosses about the Ship —
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: southern royal albatross
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