6th March 1769

Cape Horn to Tahiti
Moderate breezes and Tolerable clear weather all this day.  The wind a little Variable, which caused us to Tack several Times. Wind North-West by North to West-North-West; course South 57 degrees West; distance 20 miles; latitude 36 degrees 32 minutes South, longitude 114 degrees 30 minutes West.

Joseph Banks Journal
Weather wind and heat continued, dew to night as strong as ever.

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