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Arthur Phillip (1738 - 1814), the voyage of Governor Phillip to…
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Melbourne
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29-Nov-2020
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Arthur Phillip (1738 - 1814), the voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of port Jackson & Norfolk Island...., [London: John Stockdale, 1789], Quarto, half-calf over marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, armorial bookplate of H. Holland Edwards to front pastedown, armorial bookplate of Henry Hampden Dutton to front free endpaper, frontispiece portrait, engraved title (in the first state, foxed), pp 6 [errata, blank], VIII, [8 - list of subscribers], [3 - list of plates, blank], x, 298, lxxiv, 54 engraved plates & charts (31 hand coloured as called for), bound as usual without advertisements, sparse foxing, a very good example., the deluxe hand coloured edition of the rarest and most desirable first Fleet book., Published in London the year following the successful arrival of the first Fleet in New Holland, Stockdale's work is the most detailed early account of the arduous voyage and is considered the foundation book of Australian settlement. Compiled from Phillip's official reports, as well as the journals of other officers in the Fleet, this account describes the voyage from England and the first months at port Jackson, a period from March 1787 to September 1788. The work describes the initial exploration of the Sydney region, its indigenous inhabitants, natural history and landscape. The appendix contains a list of the convicts transported with the first Fleet and is a major source for Australian genealogy.
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