27th March 1769

Cape Horn to Tahiti
Variable winds and weather, with frequent showers of rain.  At Noon saw a Bird like a Gannet. Wind variable; course North 1/4 East; distance 30 miles; latitude 21 degrees 2 minutes South, longitude 127 degrees 38 minutes West.

Joseph Banks Journal
Weather much like yesterday, no birds, at night a little more setled.

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