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3 October 1769
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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 | Course's | Distce Saild | Lat in South | Longd in West [of Greenwich] | |
| Octr 69 | ° .. ' | ° .. ' | ||||
| Tues. 3 | Southerly | N 60° Wt | 36..56 | 173..27 |
Little wind and some times Calm. AM. Variation pr Azth 13°.22' East, saw some fish like skip Jacks and a small sort that appear'd very transparent. took up a very small peice of wood with Barnacles upon it a pr^oof that it had been some time at Sea; some very large Albetroses about the Ship & other birds - the Observed Latitude is 10 Miles to the northward of that given by the Log, and it was the same yesterday which I think is a proff that their must be a current seting to the northward notwithstanding we did not find any when we try'd it —
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