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Palliser, Cape

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Log entries for November, 1774-11-10 - 1774-11-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 134v-139
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Daily entries beginning on 10 November when the Resolution left Ship’s Cove, New Zealand, travelling via Cape Campbell and Cape Palliser. Includes an entry for 13 November concerning an experiment by Wales to determine the greatest angle that a ship lies down when going on a wind [RGO 14/58: 135]. An entry for 21 November notes that the southern lights were visible ‘but very faint and no ways remarkable’ [RGO 14/58: 137].

Dates: 1774-11-10 - 1774-11-30
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