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

CHAPTER 5
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They staid about the Ship until it was dark, then left us; but not before they had thrown a few stones.

They told us the name of the Island, which was Mowtohora.* (* Motuhora, called also Whale Island.) It is but of a small Circuit, but high, and lies 6 Miles from the Main.

Under the South side is Anchorage in 14 fathoms.
South-West by South from this Island on the Main land, seemingly at no great distance from the Sea, is a high round Mountain, which I have named Mount Edgcombe.

It stands in the middle of a large Plain, which make it the more Conspicuous.

Latitude 37 degrees 59 minutes South, Longitude 183 degrees 07 minutes West.


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