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

CHAPTER 8
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The shore under the foot of the Mountain forms a point, which I have named Cape Dromedary, over which is a peaked hillock.

At this time found the Variation to be 10 degrees 42 minutes East.

Between 10 and 11 o'Clock Mr.
Green and I took several Observations of the Sun and Moon, the mean result of which gave 209 degrees 17 minutes West Longitude from the Meridian of Greenwich.

By observation made yesterday we were in the Longitude 210 degrees 9 minutes.

West 20 minutes gives 209 degrees 49 minutes the Longitude of the Ship to-day at noon per yesterday's observation, the Mean of which and to-day's give 209 degrees 33 minutes West, by which I fix the Longitude of this Coast.


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