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24 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 |
| Friday | 24 | Calm ENE & ESE | N 42° 45' W | 79 | 43.37 | 107°.6 |
First part Calm, Middle light breezes, latter fresh breeze and hazey PM had several azimuths all of which gave the Variation less then 4° East, but they were a little doubtfull on account of the rowling of the Ship; what winds we have had this Day hath been from the Eastward and are the first we have had from that quarter sence we left the Latd 58° 46' —
Concepts: azimuth | compass variation
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