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PHILLIP, Arthur [1738-1814].. The Voyage Of Governor Phillip To Botany Bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island compiled from Authentic Papers.to which are added, The Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall, with an Account of their New Discoveries.

4to. pp. 1 p.l., 6, [1 leaf]errata, viii, [8]list of subscribers, [3]plate list, x, 298, lxxiv, [2]ads. engraved title, 7 folding engraved charts & 47 engraved plates (incl. frontis. portrait). contemporary tree calf, rebacked with gilt spine mounted, corners renewed, new lettering piece (foxing to plates & neighbouring leaves, frontis. & title rather heavily affected, marginal dampstains to first few leaves). First Edition. "This was the first authentic and official account of the expedition to New South Wales and the foundation of the settlement. It aroused world-wide interest.". (Ferguson) Phillip was appointed to transport seven hundred and seventy-eight convicts to Australia in 1787 for the purposes of establishing the first colony in New South Wales. After his arrival he inspected various sites and decided the most suitable location for the colony would be Port Jackson. This work gives a detailed and accurate account of the early history of the settlement based on the official government documents and the journals of Phillip, Shortland, Watts, Ball, and Marshall. A twenty-page list of the names of the convicts transported is included in the appendix. The volume is handsomely illustrated with twenty plates of birds, ten of animals, four of fishes, one of plants, portraits of Phillip, King and Shortland, a view of Botany Bay, &c. Our copy contains early states of the 'Kangooroo' and 'Wulpine Oppossum' plates the captions for which were later changed to 'Kanguroo' and 'Vulpine'. Ferguson 47. Hill p. 233. Casey Wood p. 518. Cox I p. 314. Wantrup pp. 59-64.

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