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Captain Cook’s Journal During the First Voyage Round the World

CHAPTER 9
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At 4 o'Clock we discover'd a small low Island* (* Dama Island.) bearing South-South-West, distant 3 Leagues.

The Island hath no place in any of our Charts: Latitude 10 degrees 47 minutes South, Longitude 238 degrees 28 minutes West.

At Noon we were in the Latitude of 11 degrees 9 minutes South, Longitude 239 degrees 26 minutes West.

Course and distance sail'd since yesterday noon, South 63 West, 67 miles.
Sunday, 23rd.

Winds Easterly; a moderate breeze, which by noon brought us into the Latitude of 11 degrees 10 minutes South, Longitude 240 degrees 48 minutes West.


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