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18 February 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 | Course's | Distce Sail'd in Miles | Latd in | Longd in Wt Greenwch | Bearings &Ca Noon |
| Saturday | 18 | SWBW | N. 32° 30' W. | 140 | 44..50 | 99..7 |
Fresh gales all this day, the weather Variable, some times fair and clowdy, other times hazey with drizling rain. Saw some birds nearly as big as Albitrosses they were all black with yellow Beaks
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: southern giant petrel
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