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10 July 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 & Month | Month Days & Year | Winds | Course's | Distce. Saild | Lat. in North | Longde in West — | |
| July 1771 | Miles | ° .. ' | ° .. ' | ||||
| Wednesday | 10 | Westerly | N. 44° E | 97 | 49..29 | 6..18 — |
Pleasent breezes & Clear weather. At 6 o'clock in the Morning Sounded and Struck ground in 60 fathom, Shells & Stones by which I judged we were the Length of Scilly Isles — At Noon we saw Land from the Mast head bearing North which we judged to be about the Lands end — Soundings 54 fm Course grey sand —
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