11 April 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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11 April 1770 Wednesday 11th Gentle breezes from the NW and pleasent weather with some few showers of rain. In the AM found the Variation to be 13°..48' Et, which is 21/2 degrees more than it was yesterday altho I should expected to have found it less for the observations were equaly good - At Noon Latitude in 39°..7' So Longde made from Cape Farewell 17°..23 and Course and distance saild sence yesterday noon So 62° Wt 34 Miles — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 222, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700411.html