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, which have been obtained from the several departments. To which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries embellished with fifty five copper plates, the maps and charts taken from actual surveys, & the plans & views drawn on the spot

Title Variants

Alternative: Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island

By

Hunter, John, 1728-1793
Shortland, John.
Marshall, John, 1818-1891

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]

Notes

"View of the fleet and establishment sent out with governor Phillip to New South Wales", pages [vi]-vii, 3rd count, lays out the ships and the personnel for the voyage; includes the names of 6 ships carrying male and female convicts.

"A list of the subscribers", pages [1-8], 4th count.

"Table of the route of the Alexander, the variation of the compass, and meteorological observations during the voyage", pages [i]-liii, 7th count, has seperate caption title.

"A list of convicts sent to New South wales, in 1787", pages [lv]-lxxiv, 7th count, has seperate caption title.

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 British ships that took the first British colonists and convicts to Australia. It comprised two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports. On 13 May 1787 the fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, with over 1,400 people (convicts, marines, sailors, civil officers and free settlers), left from Portsmouth, England and took a journey of over 24,000 kilometres (15,000 mi) and over 250 days to eventually arrive in Botany Bay, New South Wales, where a penal colony would become the first British settlement in Australia from 20 January 1788.

Signatures: *⁴ (*1,*4 versos blank) *A⁴ chi⁴ ²chi² (²chi2 verso blank) A⁶ (-A6) B-2P⁴ 2Q² (-2Q2) a-i⁴ (g3 verso blank) k².

Booksellers advertisements: pages [1-2], 8th count.

Errata: page [1], 2nd count.

Fully engraved title page.

Printed entirely on wove paper.

English short title catalogue, | T89159

Subjects

1738-1814 , 1789 , Australia , Catalogs, Booksellers' , Convict ships , Discovery and exploration , Fleet, First , Great Britain , Imprint 1789 , Natural history , New South Wales , Norfolk Island , Phillip, Arthur, , Port Jackson (N.S.W.) , Royal Navy

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 990087111