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PHILLIP, ARTHUR. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk
PHILLIP, ARTHUR. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island. 53 (of 55) engraved plates and maps, including pictorial title; lacks the frontispiece portrait and the plate to face page 123 (Sketch of Sydney Cove). [2], 6, [2], viii, [12], x, 298, lxxiv pages, including errata leaf and subscribers' list; lacks final ad leaf. 4to, modern 1/2 calf and paste-paper boards with older gilt calf backstrip laid down; title soiled, last leaf of appendix trimmed and crudely remargined. London: John Stockdale, 1789
- Notes: first edition. "A work of primary importance for Australian history. In 1789 Arthur Phillip commanded the frigate Sirius and the first fleet of eleven ships carrying the earliest contingent of convicts transported to Australia. Reaching Botany Bay in 1788, via Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, and the Cape of Good Hope, Philip decided that the site was unsatisfactory and sailed to Port Jackson, where he founded Sydney"--Hill 1346.
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