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8 September 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 Ds &Ca | Winds | Course's | Distce Sail'd | Latd In South | Longd in West [of Greenwich] | Bearings &Ca [at Noon] |
| Frid. 8 | Do | N1/4E | 76 | 36..36 | 147..40 |
PM very strong gales and squally. AM more moderate set the Topsails. At Noon the Observed Latitude was 13 Miles to the north of the Log, this I take to be owing to the great sea we have had constantly of late from the S.W —
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