Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0127
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Rio de Janeiro
Novr. 1768
brought no news of the Longboat tird with expectation I confess I had almost given over all hopes of ever seeing her again when Just at dark night the pinnace came bringing with her both the boats & all their contents we now immediately passd from our disagreable thoughs to a situation as truly happy & concluded with defying the Viceroy & all that he could do to us
21. Letters came from the Viceroy to both the Captn & myself in which he told me very politely that it is not in his power to permit to go ashore in the Captns he raises some doubts of our ship being a Kings ship so I who could ground my pretensions to going ashore on no other Foundation thought it best to drop them hoping that by & by when things were more