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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.   1767.   South. East. East.   October 8. A.M. 3°5° 134° 1° 3°3°     9. A.M. 4 03 134 04 3 11     12. A.M. 4 49 133 42 2 19 From the Admiralty Islands to the Island Mindanao   13. P.M. 5 12 133 27 2 20     16. P.M. 5 54 133 10 2 34     27. P.M. 6 35 127 56 2 10   Cape St. Augustain 6 15 127 20 1 45 Island of Mindanao. South End ---- 5 34 126 25 1 20 Off the Island Mindanao. Novem. 6. A.M. 5 34 125 40 0 48       P.M. --- ----- 0 49     7. P.M. 5 37 125 23 0 39     8. P.M. 5 30 124 41 0 50 From the Island Mindanao to the Streights of Maccassar.   14. P.M. 1 57 122 04 0 06           West.     26. P.M. 0 04 118 15 0 19         South.         27. A.M. 0 14 117 45 0 12   December 7.   3 26 116 45 0 27   Bonthain -- -- 5 30 117 53 1 16 At the Island of Celebes. Island Tonikaky. -- 5 31 117 17 1 00 Off the S.E. end of the Island Celebes. 1768. May 29. P.M. 5 29 110 23 0 56         Off Madura -- 0 30 On the N.E. part of the Island of Java.       Batavia -- 0 25   Septem. 30. P.M. 7 41 101 36 0 51   October 2. P.M. 10 37 97 19 2 06     4. P.M. 12 13 93 56 3 12     12. P.M. 19 50 76 40 3 30     14. P.M. 21 47 72 47 6 26 From the Streights of Sunda to the Cape of Good Hope.   15. P.M. 22 53 70 47 8 09     17. A.M. 24 23 68 02 9 36       P.M. -- -- -- -- 11 20     18. P.M. 25 08 67 21 11 50     19. P.M. 25 08 67 08 12 49   Voyaging Accounts © Derived from Volume I of the London 1773 Edition: National Library of Australia call no. FERG 7243, page 674, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/hv01/674.html