An authentic journal of the expedition under Commodore Phillips to Botany Bay : with an account of the settlement made at Port Jackson and a description of the inhabitants, &c. With a copy of a letter from Captain Tench of the Marines; and a list of the civil and military establishment, to which is added An historical narrative of the discovery of New Holland, or, New South Wales / by An Officer

Bib ID:
479088
Format:
Book
Author:
Officer
Online Version:
National Library of Australia digitised item. RBRS N F45 (FC and N1) copies
Description:
  • London : Printed for C. Forster ... , 1789
  • 40, 54 pages, [1] folded leaf plates : colour map. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
  • The "Historical narrative ..." was pub. separately in 1786, and bound with the "Authentic journal".
  • "Illustrated with a general chart of New Holland and Botany Bay, with the adjacent colonies, and new-discovered islands."
  • "The first book on the foundation of Australia" --Hordern House
  • National Library of Australia's copies RBRS N F45 (FC and N1) are complete; FC copy has pencil inscription inside back fly leaf, and "G. Short & Son Bookbinders, Sydney" label; N1 copy embossed: Commonwealth Parliament Library Petherick Collection has mottled boards.
  • National Library of Australia's N2 copy is complete, and trimmed.
  • National Library of Australia's N3 copy lacks chart; re-bound in full calf with two raised bands and marbled endpapers; pages 24cm and uncut; stamped 7582, Parliament of the Commonwealth and embossed E.A. Petherick collection; with an incomplete copy of Ferguson 13 bound in (also lacks chart).
  • RBRS N F45 (FC and N1) copies also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-185960484
Cited In:
  • Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 45.
  • Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 44.
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