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20 March 1770
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James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
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The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth
1770
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Tuesday 20th Fresh Gales at NWBN, and NBW PM fair weather the remainder hazey with rain and Squally which brought us under close reef'd topsails —
Stood to the westward untill 2 AM when we made a trip to the Eastward and afterwards stood again to the westward untill noon when by our reckoning we were in the Latitude of 42°..23' So Course and distance saild So 74° West 54 Miles Longitude made from Cape West 5° 55' East. Tack'd and stood to the eastward
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