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26 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 South | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings &Ca Noon |
| Sunday | 26 | Calm, NW to WSW | N 26° 15' W. | 88 | 41° 4' | 109°..52' |
First part Calm and light airs, the remainder very strong gales and Squally with Showers of rain which at length brought us under our co two courses and close reef'd Main topsail —
Artefacts: reef (nautical term)
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