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Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook: with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods

CHAPTER II
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This evening, the lieutenant and Mr.Green observed an emersion of the first satellite of Jupiter, which gave 214 deg.

53' 45" of longitude.

The observation taken on the 29th of June had given 214 deg.

48' 30"; and the mean was 214 deg.

48' 7-1/2", being the longitude of the place west of Greenwich.
On the 17th, Mr.Cook sent the master and one of the mates in the pinnace, to search for a channel northward; after which, accompanied by Mr.Banks and Dr.Solander, he went into the woods on the other side of the water.


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