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30 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 D.s | Month Days | Winds | Courses | Dist: Sail'd in Miles | Lat. In South | Longd in West from Greenw:h | Bearings at Noon |
| Thursday | 30 | Calm Varble SSE | N 40° W. | 53 | 19..34 | 129..27 |
First part Calm and close Clowdy weather, in the night had variable winds and weather with rain. AM Gentle breezes and Clowdy wea:r - Between 10 and AM took several Obsern of the Sun and Moon, the mean result of them gave the Longitude of the Ship at Noon to be 127°..38' and is 1°..49' Et of the Longitude given by the Log, but on the 14th Inst. the Ship by Observation was 47' West of the Log. therefore she must have lost 2°..36' of the Log sence the last Observations An error too great to be accounted for —
Concepts: longitude
Artefacts: log (nautical)
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