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A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay: With An Account Of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, Etc. - Couverture souple

Tench, Watkin

 
9781108061681: A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay: With An Account Of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, Etc.

Synopsis

An account published in 1789 of the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia by a sailor on the expedition.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Watkin Tench (6 October 1758 – 7 May 1833) was a was a British marine officer, a member of the crew of the Charlotte, which was one of the eleven First Fleet ships of convicts destined for Botany Bay. This work, published in 1789, is an account of the six-month voyage to Australia and the early days of settlement. He was best known for publishing two books describing his experiences in the First Fleet, which established the first settlement in Australia in 1788. His two accounts, Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson provide an account of the arrival and first four years of the colony.

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