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6 March 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 Wt from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Monday | 6 | NWBN to WNW | St | 20 | 36..32 | 114..30 |
Moderate breezes and tolerable clear weather all this day the wind a little Variable which caus'd us to tack several times —
Concepts: tacking (nautical term)
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