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

CHAPTER 7
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At Noon Latitude observ'd 38 degrees 29 minutes South, Longitude made from Cape Farewell 14 degrees 45 minutes West; Course and distance sail'd since Yesterday noon South 70 degrees 15 minutes West, 86 Miles.
Tuesday, 10th.

Gentle breezes at North-West by North, and clear settled weather.

In the A.M.found the Variation, by the Amplitude, to be 11 degrees 25 minutes East, and by Azimuth 11 degrees 20 minutes.

At Noon the observed Latitude was 38 degrees 51 minutes South, and Longitude made from Cape Farewell 16 degrees 45 minutes; Longitude in 202 degrees 43 minutes West; Course and distance sail'd since Yesterday noon South 76 degrees 45 minutes West, 96 Miles.
Wednesday, 11th.

Gentle breezes from the North-West, and pleasant weather, with some few showers of rain.


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