The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay - With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson - and Norfolk Island (1789) by Arthur Phillip
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of Lieutenant Timmins Wales Provost Martial --------------------------------------- 4 12 11 12 5 154 put on board his Majesty's ship 0 0 1 0 3 6 Sirius, as supernumeraries. --------------------------------------- Total of the detachment 4 12 12 12 8 160 --------------------------------------- Forty women, wives to the Marines, permitted to go out with the Garrison. CONTENTS Chapter I. Public utility of voyages--Peculiar circumstances of this--New Holland properly a continent--Reasons for fixing our settlement there--Transportation to America, its origin, advantages, and cessation--Experiments made--The present plan adopted--Disadvantages of other expedients. Chapter II. Preparation of the fleet ordered to Botany Bay.--Particulars of its arrangement.--Departure and passage to the Canary Isles. Chapter III. |
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