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31 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 | Mo Days | Winds | Course's | Distce Sail'd in Miles | Latd in South | Longd in W: form Greenwich | Bearings &Ca Noon |
| 31 | WNW Calm ESE SSE | N 71° W. | 55 | 59' 46' | 75°..54' |
First part Moderate and Clowdy with some rain, in the night little wind and Calm. towards noon fresh gales and Clowdy. Between 7 and 8 PM being then in the Latd of 60°..10' which was the fartherest south we was, and in the Longitude of 74°..30' — found the Variation of the compass by the mean of 18 Azimuths to be 27°.9' East — at 3 AM wind at ESE a Moderate breeze, set the S[t]udding sails, and soon after 2 birds like Penguins was were seen by the mate of the watch — [2]
Concepts: watch, aboard ship
Parties: master's mate
Artefacts: studding sails
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: wandering albatross
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