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Author Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814, author.

Title The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay : with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island / Arthur Phillip.

Publication Info. [Cambridge] : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xlvi, 372 pages) : illustrations.
Series Cambridge library collection. History
Cambridge library collection. History.
Note Publisher's web page (Cambridge University Press, viewed November 3, 2015).
Originally published in 1789.
Summary This work, first published in 1789, is an edited compilation of official papers, journals and illustrations relevant to the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia and the founding of Port Jackson on Sydney Cove, and of the penal colony of Norfolk Island. Arthur Phillip (1738-1814), a sailor of wide experience in both the Royal Navy and the Portuguese fleet, accepted the post of commander of the fleet and governor of the new colony in 1786, and the eleven ships arrived in Botany Bay in January 1788. This account begins with a note on Phillip's career, and discusses earlier British colonisation, before describing the preparations for, and progress of, the voyage. The fascinating documentation continues with materials on the founding of the colony, problems with the convict workmen, encounters with native Australians, and with the local wildlife, all illustrations of the birth of one of the world's great cities.
Local Note EBSCOhost History Reference Center
Subject New South Wales -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.
Natural history -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Pre-Linnean works.
Norfolk Island -- Early works to 1800.
Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Early works to 1800.
Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
Australia. (OCoLC)fst01204543
Australia -- Norfolk Island. (OCoLC)fst01207228
New South Wales. (OCoLC)fst01204788
Chronological Term 1788-1851
Genre/Form Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: 9781108083829
ISBN 9781316225905 (electronic book)
1316225909 (electronic book)
9781108083829 (paperback)
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