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7 February 1771
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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
1771
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| Week Ds | Mo Ds | Winds | Course's | Distce Saild | Lat. in South | Longd in West from Greenwh | Bearings at Noon |
| Miles | ° ' | ° ' | |||||
| Thursday | 7 | SE | So 75°.15. Wt | 110 | 18°..58 | 274..20 pr Log | |
| 276° 19' pr Obsern |
Gentle gales with some Showers in the night In the Evening found the Variation to be 3°..24' West, and in the Morning I took severl Observations of the Sun and Moon, the Mean result of which gave carried on to Noon gave 276°..19' West Longde from Greenwich which is 2° to the Westward of that given by the Log; this I beleive to be owing to a following sea which I have not yet allowd for. I judge it to be 6 Ms a Day sence we have had the SE Trade wind —
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