24 September 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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24 September 1770 Monday 24th Winds at East and SE a Moderate breeze and fine pleasent weather. In the Evening found the Variation to be 2°.44' West    At Noon our Latitude was 11°.8' St Longitude 242°..23' West — Sence we have been clear of the Islands we have had constantly a swell from the NW Southward which I do not suppose is owning to the Winds b[l]owing any where from thence, but to the Sea being so determined by the position of the Coast of New-Holland — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 322, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700924.html