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4 September 1770
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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
1770
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Tuesday 4th Stood to the westward all this Day having at first a Moderate breeze Southerly which afterwards freshen'd and Veer'd to SE and ESE, We kept in sounding all the time having from 14 to 30 fathom, not regular but some times more and some times less. At Noon we were in 14 fathom and by observation in the Latitude of 6°..44' St Longitude 223°..51' West, Course and Distance Saild sence yesterday Noon St 76° west. 120 Miles —
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