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26 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 Saild In [Miles] | Latd In [South] | Longd In [West of Greenwich] | Bearings &Ca Noon |
| Sat. 26 | SW | St 6° E | 13 | 32°..39' | 147°..30' |
Moderate and Clowdy Weather, a swell from the SW. By observations of the Sun and moon made this Morning the Longitude of the Ship at Noon is 147°..18'- 40" which differs but 11.' from that given by the Log —
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