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14 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 |
| Tuesday | 14 | South ESE ENE | No 50° W. | 47. | 30°..17' | 126..10 |
Little wind and fine pleasant weather; at 3 PM took several Observations of the Sun and Moon. the mean result of which gave 126°..20'..45" the Longitude of the Ship west of Greenwich, and is 47' of Longitude west of Account carried on from Cape Horn.
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