The First Fleet: the record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at

Description

Unique IDLIB-00014981Alternative titleThe First Fleet: the record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at Sydney Cove/ compiled from the original documents in the Public Record Office, with extracts from the log-books of H.M.S. Sirius and an introduction and Date1st January 1937Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionPublic Note: The First Fleet has been printed & published by Christopher and Anthony Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press of 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the 24th day of August, 1937. The edition is limited to 375 copies printed on Arnold's hand-made paper in Perpetua type -- Colophon.
Some of this material is now printed for the first time ; the more important documents appear in the Historical records of New South Wales, published in Sydney in 1892.--p. 20.
Includes despatches from Arthur Phillip and proposals from James M. Matra for establishing a settlement in New South Wales.
Copy no. 222 of 375 copies on hand made paperLanguageEnglish (eng)IllustrationsBlack and white illustrationsPublisherGolden Cockerel PressPlace of publicationLondon
England

Format

FormatPublication - Book

Numbering & Quantity

Number of pages149

Characteristics

Dimensions (free text)32 cm

Access

Subject tagsFirst Fleet, 1787-1788Convict shipsHistorySources

Identification

Dewey decimal numberSRC FOLIO 994.02 FIRSSource system IDR0000329662Alternative ID30002031971294

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The First Fleet: the record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at