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10 April 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 | Lat. In [South] | Longd in [West from] Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Monday | 10 | NNW Varble NWBN | S. 13° W | 67 | 18 | 147..47 |
Osnaburg Island NBW1/2W Distt 5 leagues |
PM Moderate breezes and clowdy. in the Night Dark clowdy unsettled weather with very much Thunder Lightning and rain- AM Little wind and fair - PM Varia. Per Serveral Azth 5°..41' E'. At 8 AM saw Osnaburg Island / so called by Capt Wallis the first discovrer / bearing NWBW Distant 4 or 5 Leagues. It is a high round Island and appears not to be above a League in circuit, and when it bears as above it looks like a high crown'd Hatt, but when it bears north the Top is more like the roof of a House. It lies in the Latd of 17°..48' South and Longd 148°..10' West, and WBS 44 Leagues from Chain Island —
People in South Seas Companion: Wallis, Samuel
Places: Mehetia, island
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