7 March 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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7 March 1770 Wednesday 7th Light airs in the SW quarter    PM clear weather the remainder dark and Clowdy. In the PM found the Variation per several Azths and the Ampde to 15°..10' Et and by the Ampde in the morning to be 15°..56' East. Stood to the SE untill 8 AM then tack'd and stood to the NW.   but it soon after fell calm and continued so untill noon when by our account we were in the Latitude of 47°..6' South and had made 12 Miles Easting sence yesterday at Noon — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 198, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700307.html