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12 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 | Latd In South | Longd in West from Greenwich | Bearings at Noon |
| Wednesday | 12 | Varble | West | 18 | 17..38 | 148°..58' | King Georges Island from South to WBN Distce 5 leagues |
Variable light airs all these 24 hours and hot sultry weather-- At 5 PM King Georges Island extending from NWBW to SW Distant 6 or 7 Leagues-- and at 6 AM it bore from SSW to WBN being little wind and calm several of the Natives came off to us in their Canoes, but more to look at us than any thing else we could not prevail with any of them to come on board - and some would not come near the ship —
Places: Tahiti, island
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