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11 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 | ° ' | ° ' | |||||
| Monday | 11 | Do | N.85° W. | 79 | 34..45 | 338..48 pr Obn | |
| SE | 328..35' pr R. |
First part light Airs at West, the remainder had a fresh gale at SE with which we steerd west and WNW in order to make the Land which was seen from the Deck at 10 AM, At Noon it Extended from NE to NW distant 5 Leagues. The Middle appear'd high & Mountainous and the two extremes low. Took severl obns of ye 
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which gave the Longd reduced to noon as pr Column
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