March 1769, Wednesday ', earlier in the day for the rest of stiff wind and moderate wind and weather. The result of the comments and 'longitude 110 ° 33' West from Greenwich, which is in complete agreement with the estimate given by the longitude of Cape Horn: the longitudes of the two coincide after a run of six hundred and sixty leagues' really surprising and unexpected, but it serves to demonstrate, together with tests done when time permitted, we have not met with any current that has affected the ship when we entered these waters: and this' sign that we passed near lands of considerable size, as close to the ground are normally flows: it is well known that on the eastern side of the continent, in the North Sea, to meet the most current 'of a hundred leagues from land, and even in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and America there are always current, so 'I do not see' cause there should be no current in this sea if it is assumed that there is a continent or land not far from us in the West, as some have imagined, and if ever this land was seen, we can not be far away, because 'we are now five hundred and sixty leagues west of the coast of Chile
(James Cook, Writings )
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