A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay: With An Account Of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, Etc. (Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania) - Softcover

Tench, Watkin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108061680 ISBN 13: 9781108061681

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Watkin Tench (c.1758–1833) was 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.

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In May 1787, eleven ships left England with more than seven hundred convicts on board, along with orders to establish a penal colony at Botany Bay, New South Wales. Watkin Tench (c.1758–1833) was a crew member on one of the ships of this First Fleet, the Charlotte, and he recalls the voyage and early days of the settlement in this vivid and engaging account, first published in 1789. The first half of the work retraces the route of the six-month journey, which took the fleet to Brazil and the Cape of Good Hope. The later chapters recount the landing at Botany Bay in January 1788, the establishment of a colony at nearby Port Jackson and observations about the natural world in this new settlement. Tench also discusses the initial interaction with the Aboriginal people, making this work an important source for scholars of British colonialism and Australian history.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1108061680
• ISBN 13: 9781108061681
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 164