Title 1788 / Watkin Tench ; [edited and introduced by Tim Flannery]

Published Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2012 ©2012 ©2009

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Description 280 pages : 1 map ; 20 cm Series Text classics Text classics. Contents Book One A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay -- Book Two A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Summary "I do not hesitate to declare that the natives of New South Wales possess a considerable portion of that acumen, or sharpness of intellect, which bespeaks genius". In 1788 Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Sydney Cove with the First Fleet. This curious young captain of the marines was a natural storyteller Analysis Australian Notes Previous ed.: 2009 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Also available online Subject Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833. Great Britain. Royal Navy. Fleet, First -- Biography. Great Britain. Royal Navy. Fleet, First. SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 New South Wales -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 -- 1788-1851 Port Jackson (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000707 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 -- Early works to 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010013804 Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1788-1851 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- editor ISBN 9781921922312

Other Titles Seventeen eighty-eight

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