A note on some measurements of geomagnetic declination in 1776 and 1778

In this short contribution, measurements of magnetic declination across the Atlantic Ocean during the years 1776 and 1778 made by Antonio de Ulloa, a Spanish scientist and sailor, are provided and briefly analysed through a comparison with a global geomagnetic model by Jackson et al. [Jackson, A., Jonkers, A., Walker, M., 2000. Four centuries of geomagnetic secular variation from historical records. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 358, 957-990].