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Offered is the first edition of “The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay,” the cornerstone of any collection concerning Australia, and an essential component of any collection concerning Pacific travel and exploration, printed at London in quarto in 1789, telling the tale of the settlement of the first colony in Australia, based on Governor Arthur Phillip’s first official report, adorned with 7 folding maps and charts, 46 engraved plates, the frontispiece portrait of Governor Phillip and the engraved title, and bound in late 18th century diced russia calf. This is the first authentic and official account of the founding of the first colony in Australia. The volume may be referenced as Ferguson 47, Hill 1346, Howgego at p. 79, and ESTC online system number 006359416. �THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF “THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY,’ PRINTED IN QUARTO BY JOHN STOCKDALE AT LONDON IN 17889. THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONY NEW SOUTH WALES AT SYDNEY COVE. THE VOLUME IS BEAUTIFULLY ADORNED WITH 55 PLATES AND MAPS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY. THIS IS THE SINGLE ESSENTIAL CORNERSTONE OF ANY COLLECTION CONCERNING AUSTRALIA AND FOUNDATIONAL TO ANY COLLECTION CONCERNING PACIFIC VOYAGES. �The full title reads as follows: �“The Voyage of Governor Philip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments. to which are added, The Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall; with an Account of their new Discoveries / embellished with fifty five Copper Plates, The Maps and Charts taken from Actual Surveys, & the Plans & Views drawn on the Spot, by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, &c. / London / Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly / MDCCLXXXIX [1789].” �“Steadfast in mind, modest, without self seeking, Phillip had imagination enough to conceive what the settlement might become, and the common sense to realize what at the moment was possible and expedient. When almost everyone was complaining he never himself complained, when all feared disaster he could still hopefully go on with his work. He was sent out to found a convict settlement, he laid the foundations of a great dominion.” (Australian DNB) �Arthur Phillip, having joined the Royal Navy in 1747 at the age of 9, was in October of 1786 named Captain of HMS Sirius and appointmented as governor-designate of the proposed convict colony of New South Wales, planned for Botany Bay. He sailed with the historic ‘First Fleet’ of 11 ships from Portsmouth on 13 May 1787. Aboard were the crew, civil officers, about 240 marines with wives and children, 772 convicts (including about 180 women), of whom 732 survived the voyage, and supplies for two years. They sailed via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at Botany Bay on the 18th of January 1788. Phillip soon decided that the spot would not support a colony, owing to the poor soil, poor anchorage and lack of a ready water supply. Accordingly, he decided that Port Jackson, and specifically Sydney Cove, would be the site. Clearly, Phillip chose well. Indeed, history has justified his remark to his patron the marquess of Lansdowne that in Sydney's matchless harbour 'a Thousand Sail of the Line may ride in the most perfect Security' (Frost). The early days were hard going. As Frost writes, "fewer than a third of the convicts showed themselves willing to work. The marine officers stood on their honour, refused to supervise the convicts, and quarrelled among themselves, while their men became lawless. As the presence of a large group of Europeans strained indigenous food supplies, relations with the Aborigines deteriorated. The long drought from mid-1790 to the spring of 1791 and the loss of the Guardian (bringing agricultural supervisors, skilled convicts, plants, animals, and more supplies) retarded the colony's ... 
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