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21 December 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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Thursday 21st Fresh breeze at SW, and clear weather with a heavy swell fi^rst from the West than from the SW. At 8 AM loose'd the 2nd reefs out of the topsails. At noon clear weather, no land in sight —
The North Cape bore S 25° East distant 24 Leagues. Latde observed 33°..17' So —
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