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#Logged Positions of Captain Cook's journey from England to Rio Janeiro August to October 1768
#Extracted from http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/cook/james/c77j/chapter1.html
Friday, 26th latitude 49 degrees 30 minutes North, longitude 5 degrees 52 minutes West
Saturday, 27th latitude 48 degrees 42 minutes North, longitude 6 degrees 49 minutes West
Sunday, 28th latitude 47 degrees 16 minutes North, longitude 9 degrees 7 minutes West
Monday, 29th latitude 46 degrees 38 minutes North, longitude 9 degrees 29 minutes West
Tuesday, 30th latitude 46 degrees 9 minutes North, longitude 9 degrees 52 minutes West
Wednesday, 31st latitude 45 degrees 3 minutes North, longitude 8 degrees 43 minutes West
Thursday, September 1st latitude 44 degrees 56 minutes North, longitude 9 degrees 9 minutes West
Friday, 2nd latitude 43 degrees 53 minutes North, longitude 9 degrees 26 minutes West
Saturday, 3rd latitude 44 degrees 9 minutes North, longitude 10 degrees 20 minutes West
Tuesday, 6th latitude 42 degrees 1 minute North, longitude 9 degrees 50 minutes West
Wednesday, 7th latitude 40 degrees 29 minutes North, longitude 10 degrees 11 minutes West
Thursday, 8th latitude 38 degrees 33 minutes North, longitude 10 degrees West
Friday, 9th latitude 37 degrees 4 minutes North, longitude 11 degrees 33 minutes West
Saturday, 10th latitude 35 degrees 20 minutes North, longitude 13 degrees 28 minutes West
Sunday, 11th latitude 34 degrees 1 minute North, longitude 14 degrees 29 minutes West
Sunday, 18th latitude 32 degrees 38 minutes North, longitude 16 degrees 54 minutes West
Monday, 19th latitude 31 degrees 43 minutes North
Tuesday, 20th latitude 31 degrees 17 minutes, longitude 17 degrees 19 minutes West
Wednesday, 21st latitude 30 degrees 46 minutes North, longitude 16 degrees 8 minutes South
Thursday, 22nd latitude 29 degrees 40 minutes North, longitude 15 degrees 31 minutes West
Friday, 23rd latitude 28 degrees 51 minutes North, longitude 15 degrees 50 minutes West
Saturday, 24th latitude 27 degrees 10 minutes North
Sunday, 25th latitude 25 degrees 36 minutes North
Monday, 26th latitude 23 degrees 43 minutes North
Tuesday, 27th latitude 21 degrees 26 minutes North
Wednesday, 28th latitude 18 degrees 59 minutes North
Thursday, 29th latitude 17 degrees 32 minutes North
Friday, 30th latitude 15 degrees 37 minutes North
Saturday, October 1st latitude 14 degrees 6 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 10 minutes West
Sunday, 2nd latitude 12 degrees 34 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 10 minutes West
Monday, 3rd latitude 12 degrees 14 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 10 minutes West
Tuesday, 4th latitude 11 degrees 53 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 33 minutes West
Wednesday, 5th latitude 10 degrees 56 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 3 minutes West
Thursday, 6th latitude 9 degrees 40 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 28 minutes West
Friday, 7th latitude 9 degrees 42 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 19 minutes West
Saturday, 8th latitude 8 degrees 25 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 4 minutes West
Sunday, 9th latitude 7 degrees 58 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 13 minutes West
Monday, 10th latitude 7 degrees 48 minutes North longitude 22 degrees 13 minutes West
Tuesday, 11th latitude 7 degrees 36 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 8 minutes West
Wednesday, 12th latitude 7 degrees 21 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 39 minutes West
Thursday, 13th latitude 7 degrees 1 minute North, longitude 22 degrees 32 minutes West
Thursday, 13th latitude 7 degrees 1 minute North, longitude 22 degrees 32 minutes West
Friday, 14th latitude 6 degrees 38 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 30 minutes West
Friday, 14th latitude 6 degrees 38 minutes North, longitude 22 degrees 30 minutes West
Saturday, 15th latitude 6 degrees 50 minutes North longitude 22 degrees 23 minutes West per account, 23 degrees 46 minutes per sun and moon
Sunday, 16th latitude 5 degrees 38 minutes North, longitude 23 degrees 45 minutes West
Monday, 17th latitude 5 degrees 17 minutes North, longitude 23 degrees 47 minutes West
Tuesday, 18th latitude 4 degrees 47 Minutes North, longitude 24 degrees 23 minutes West
Wednesday, 19th latitude 3 degrees 44 minutes North, longitude 25 degrees 23 minutes West
Thursday, 20th latitude 3 degrees 16 minutes North, longitude 26 degrees 20 minutes West
Friday, 21st latitude 2 degrees 46 minutes North, longitude 27 degrees 11 minutes West
Saturday, 22nd latitude 1 degree 40 minutes North, longitude 28 degrees 12 minutes West
Sunday, 23rd latitude 1 degree 40 minutes North, longitude 28 degrees 12 West
Monday, 24th latitude 1 degree 7 minutes North longitude 28 degrees 50 minutes West
Tuesday, 25th latitude 0 degrees 15 minutes South, longitude 29 degrees 30 minutes West
Wednesday, 26th latitude 1 degree 21 minutes South, longitude 30 degrees 18 minutes West
Thursday, 27th latitude 2 degrees 23 minutes South, longitude 31 degrees 7 minutes West
Saturday, 12th latitude 23 degrees 6 minutes South
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