- Bib ID:
- 473061
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item, FRM F11 (N) copy
- Description:
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- London : Printed for John Fielding in Pater-noster Row, [1786]
- 33, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : colour maps ; 27 cm. (4to)
- Notes:
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- Advertisements on p. [1] at end.
- Note on verso of t.p. advising "readers to observe, that the figures at the top and bottom of the annexed general chart, denote the longitude east from the meridian of Greenwich."
- "The earliest separate account of New South Wales to appear in print; the first published work to anticipate the colonial settlement at “Botany Bay”, whose publication marks the point at which the history of Terra Australis ends and a narrative of settlement begins. This was one of very few sources of information about New South Wales available to anyone interested in the planned colony including all those involved in or affected by the First Fleet". --Hordern House.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-187708321
- One of Library's copies lacks map.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 11
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1856 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1786
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