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10 March 1771
Endeavour Voyage Maps
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 Days | Winds | Course's | Distce Saild | Lat. in South | Longd in West | |
| Miles | ° ' | ° ' | |||||
| Sunday | 10 | Westerly | N 17°..15' W | 55 Ms | 34..52 | 337° 25' pr . Ob. | |
| 327° 12' Accot |
In the PM had a light breeze at NE untill 4 oClock when it fell Calm and continued so untill 11 at which time a breeze sprung up at WNW with which we stood to the northward- In the Morning found the Variation to be 22°..46' West. At Noon the Obser'd Latitude was 14 Miles to the Northward of the Log which shews that the Current must have shifted —
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