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6 March 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 Days | Mo Ds | Winds | Course's | Distce Saild | Lat. in South | Longd in West | |
| Miles | ° ' | ° ' | |||||
| Wed. . | 6 | Southerly | S 54° E | 37 | 32..4 | 330..44 Pr Obsern | |
| 323..36 Pr Reckoning |
Moderate gales with Hazey Rainy weather Stood to the Eastward all the Day having the Land in sight which at 4 oClock in the PM extended from NEBN to SWBW Distant 5 Leagues — At 6 in the Morning we could only see it at West distant 7 or 8 Leagues — At Noon found the Ship by Observation 90 Miles to the Southward of Account, thus far the Current has carried us ^to the South sence the last Observation which was only two days ago, but it is plane from the posission of the Co^ast that we have been carried full as far to the West also Notwithstanding we have been Standing all the time to the ENE —
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