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17 August 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 Day's &Ca | Winds | Course's | Distce Saild | Latd In South | Longd in West [of Greenwich] | Bearings &Ca at Noon |
| Thurs. 17 | WBS to SWBS | SSE | 76 Ms | 26°..10' | 149°..46' |
A Gentle breeze with some flying showers of rain; had a large swell from the S.W, all this day, much larger than yesterday, and this must be the reason why the Observe'd Latitude differ'd from the Log again to day 16 Miles —
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