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7 September 1769
Endeavour Voyage Maps
James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
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The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth
1769
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| Week Ds &Ca | Winds | Course's | Distce Sail'd | Latd In South | Longd in West [of Greenwich] | Bearings &Ca [at Noon] |
| Sept 69 | ||||||
| Thurs. 7 | Westerly | S 80° Wt | 15 | 37..52 | 147..49 |
Fresh gales and hard squalls with rain. At 3 PM saw something upon the water which must either have been a billet of Wood or a Seal — At Noon a hard gale and squally ^which obliged us to take took in the topsails
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