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Table of the Variation of the Compass (continued) A TABLE of the VARIATION of the COMPASS, &c. continued. TIME. Latitude in at Noon. Longitude in at Noon from London. Variation. REMARKS.   1766.   South. West. East.   December 7. A.M. 47° 1° 63° 3° 19° 4° 54 fathoms, soft mud, with small stones; at this time the land was seen from the mast-heads, somewhere about Cape Blanco.   8. P.M. 48 54 64 14 20 30     9. A.M. 49 12 65 31 20 35         51 15 66 02 -- -- 53 fathoms, dark grey sand, with small stones.   17.   Cape Virgin Mary, Eastermost entrance of the Streight. Magellan -- -- 52 23 68 02 22 50         Elizabeth Island 22 36         Port Famine 22 22         Off Cape Forward 22 10         York Road Ditto In the Streights of Margellan.       Swallows Harb.           Off Cape Notch 22 00     1767.   Off Cape Upright     Off Cape Pillar 52 45 75 10 21 50 Westermost entrance of the Str. April 18. P.M. 49 18 79 06 17 36     20. A.M. 48 04 80 56 17 20 Coast of Chili in the South Sea.   26. P.M. 45 57 81 22 16 17     28. P.M. 44 27 81 24 15 10   May -   33 40 78 52 11 00 East end of the Isl. Juan Fernandes.   -   33 45 80 46 10 24 Island of Massasuero.   28. P.M. 29 45 79 50 9 40     31. P.M. 26 26 82 15 8 10   June 1. P.M. 25 51 84 23 8 8     7. P.M. 27 23 97 16 5 45     8. A.M. 27 20 97 51 5 45     10. A.M. 26 30 98 25 5 40 In crossing the South Sea.   12. P.M. 26 53 100 21 4 13     16. P.M. 28 11 111 15 2 00     17. A.M. 28 04 112 37 1 51     18. P.M. 28 07 113 55 2 00     20. A.M. 28 04 116 29 20 09     30. P.M. 26 00 130 55 2 32   Voyaging Accounts © Derived from Volume I of the London 1773 Edition: National Library of Australia call no. FERG 7243, page 671, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/hv01/671.html