21st September 1768

[Image: The Salvages]


Madeira to Tenerife
Wednesday, 21st. First part light Airs, remainder fresh Breezes and Clear weather. Served Hooks and Lines to the Ship's Company, and employed them in the day in making Matts, etc., for the Rigging. Wind South-West to South-West by West; course South 60 degrees East; distance 60 miles; latitude 30 degrees 46 minutes North, longitude 16 degrees 8 minutes South; at noon, Funchall North 10 degrees West, 113 miles.

Joseph Banks Journal
This morn wind foul, saw however some rocks call'd in the old charts Salvages which lay to the northward of the Canarys.

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