and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by Lieutenant William Bligh. Illustrated with Charts. Pp. iv+88, 4 charts (3 folding, including the frontispiece); med. 4to; contemporary half..... More
undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in..... More
with An Interesting Account of the Murder of Mr. Clode, late of that settlement, As communicated by the Rev. Richard Johnstone, late Chaplain of the Colony, to Joseph Hardcastle, Esq. Treasurer of the Missionary Society. By G. Bond, late Lieutenant of Marines, and late Ensign in the New South Wales..... More
Eight text volumes and an atlas. Comprising: 1. Hawkesworth (John) AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES undertaken by the order of his present majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the..... More
Pp. xvi+528(last advertisement), engraved frontispiece portrait, appendices; med. 4to; early calf boards with decorative gilt border, neatly rebacked, with later spine lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, the boards slightly scuffed, fore-corners lightly worn; all edges green; later endpapers, a little light creasing (just affecting a couple of words..... More
in His Majesty's ship The Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner. With an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island. In two volumes, with an..... More
since the publication of Phillip's Voyage. Compiled from the official papers; including the journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the voyages from the first sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the return of that ship's company to England in 1792. Illustrated with seventeen maps..... More
On discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, by which the Non-Existence of an undiscovered Continent, between the Equator and the 50th Degree of Southern Latitude, is demonstratively proved. Also a Journal of the Adventure's Voyage, In the years 1772, 1773, and 1774. With an Account of the Separation of the two..... More
compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments, to which are added, the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Captain Marshall; with an Account of their New Discoveries. Embellished with fifty-five copper plates, the maps and charts taken from Actual Surveys, & the plans &..... More
compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments, to which are added, the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Captain Marshall; with an Account of their New Discoveries. Embellished with fifty-five copper plates, the maps and charts taken from Actual Surveys, & the plans &..... More
To which is subjoined, A List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson. Third Edition, to which is now first added, A Postscript, dated Sydney Cove, October 1, 1788. By Captain Watkin Tench of the Marines. Pp. viii+[iv](contents, blank)+148; post 8vo; bound in later half calf, lettered and..... More
To which is subjoined, A List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson. By Captain Watkin Tench of the Marines. Pp. viii+[iv](contents, blank)+146, several binder's blanks at end; post 8vo; twentieth century half calf, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, brown cloth boards; ownership inscription (dated 1922) partly..... More
;}{fnilfcharset0 Garamond;}} {*generator Riched20 6.3.9600}{*mmathPrmdispDef1mwrapIndent1440 }viewkind4uc1 dbfs24 Tench (Watkin) NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY; with An Account of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, &c. To which is subjoined, a List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson. By Captain Watkin Tench, of the Marines. Pp..... More
with sixty-five plates of nondescript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. Pp. xviii+300+[36](appendix, last blank), black & white title page vignette, plus 65 hand coloured engraved plates, all but one (opposite page 186) with tissue guard, appendix; med. 4to; early dark green half morocco..... More
performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries; and illustrated with Maps, Charts, and Views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent Artists. With a preliminary discourse on the..... More