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24 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 Days &Ca | Winds | Courses | Distce Sd in Miles | Latd In | Longd in West [of Greenwich] | Bearings at Noon |
| Thurs 24 | Varble | SSE | 41 | 32..44 | 147..10 |
The first part light Airs and Calm, the Middle Moderate breezes and Clowdy, the latter part very Squally with rain. A.M. Variation pr Azth 7°..18' East. At Noon took in the Topsails and got down topgallant Yards, Saw a Water spout in the NW, it was about the breadth of a Rain Bow, of a Dark Colour, the upper end of the Clowd from whence it came was about 8° above the Horizon —
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