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Endeavour journal, 14 March 1769 (Series 03.199)

Notes: Page header reads: 'Standing to the Westward'; 'South Sea'
Author: Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
Date: 14 March 1769
Series title: Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771
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Transcript: 14. Very light winds today shifting from South to East: at noon an alarm of Land being seen which proved at night to be no more than a fog bank tho it certainly remaind many hours without any change in its appearance. The tropick birds this Evening made a noise as they flew over the ship not unlike some gulls.