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27 January 1771
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James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
Sydney Parkinson's Journal
The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth
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| Weeks Ds | Ds | Winds |
Courses | Distce Sail'd | Latd in South | Longd in West from Greenwh | Bearings at Noon |
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| Sunday | 27 | Varl | S. 30° Wt | 19 M | 10-12 | 256..41 |
Little wind and some times calm. In the Evening found the Variation to be 2°..51' EWt. Departed this Life Mr Sidney Parkinson Natural History Painter to Mr Banks, and soon after Jno Ravenhill, Sailmaker a Man much advanced in years —
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