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11 April 1769
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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 at Noon |
| Aprl 1769 | |||||||
| Tuesday | 11 | Varble | N 66° W. | 54 | 17..38 | 148°..39' | Osnaburg Island E1/2S Distce 13 Leags |
First part little wind and clowdy, the remainder, the remainder Little wind and very Variable unsettled weather with some rain - PM. Took several Observations of the Sun and Moon which gave the Longd of the Ship to be 148°..18' Wt and differs but little from that given by the Log - At 6 AM saw King Georges Island extending from WBS1/2S to WBN1/2N it appear'd very high and Mountainous —
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