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12 February 1770
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James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
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Sydney Parkinson's Journal
The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth
1770
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Monday 12th Most part of PM had a fresh breeze at N, E, which by sun set carried us the length of C. Pallisser and as the weather was clear I had an oppertunity of Viewing the land of this Cape which is of a height sufficient to be seen in clear weather 12 or 14 Leagues off and is of a broken and hilly surface; between the foot of the high land and the Sea is a border of low flat land off which lies some rocks ^that appear above water. Between this Cape and Cape Turnagain
The wind continued at NE untill 12 at night when it died away and veer'd round to the West and afterwards to South and SSE little wind so that by noon we had advanced no farther than 41°..52' South Latitude Cape Pallisser bearing North distant 5 Leagues and the snowey mountain bore So 83° West —
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