[St.
Helena to England]
Friday,
11th. A steady Trade wind and pleasant Weather. At 1/2 past 6 p.m.
the Island of Ascention bore South-East 3/4 East, distant 11 or 12 Leagues.
Sailing in Company with the Fleet. Wind Ditto; course North 42 degrees
West, distance 117 miles; latitude 6 degrees 24 minutes South, longitude
15 degrees 51 minutes West.
Joseph Banks Journal
Pleasant weather. Saw Holothuria Physalis which our
seamen call Portugese man of war for the first time since we left these seas in
going out.
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