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Book titled 'The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay'
Object type
Books
Object number
2001.0015.0001
Description
Book titled "The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay". The book is an original first edition, leatherbound, printed November 25, 1789. Collated and inscribed by John Stockdale (1st Governor of the Colony) from journals and surveys. Engraved title with vignette, frontispiece portrait, 53 engraved charts and plates, including 31 hand-coloured natural history plates, printed on wove paper, errata leaf, corrections entered in early hand.
Collection name
Christies Auction collection
Author
Governor John Stockdale
Collator and inscriber of the book
Date of publication
25/11/1789
Subject
Governor Arthur Phillip
First Governor of New South Wales
Associated place
Botany Bay, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Associated place
Sydney Cove, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, NSW, Australia
The site of the first penal colony in Australia
Date of event
1788
The establishment of the first penal colony in Australia
Materials
Paper, Leather, Textile - non specific
Dimensions
Width: 230mm
Height: 295mm
Depth: 50mm
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