Watkin Tench: 15 books

This edition includes the 3 works of Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson and Letters written in France, in the Summer 1790, to a friend in England; containing, various anecdotes relative to the French revolution; and memoirs...

Watkin Tench sailed to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. In his late twenties, a captain of the marines, he was insatiably curious about the new British colony of Australia. In his four years in the country, he wrote two books about the early settlement that were bestsellers in their day: A...

2 works of Watkin Tench British marine officer (1758-1833) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Watkin Tench. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson - A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay

'I do not hesitate to declare that the natives of New South Wales possess a considerable portion of that acumen, or sharpness of intellect, which bespeaks genius.' In 1788 Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Botany Bay with the First Fleet. This curious young captain of the marines was an effortless...

Watkin Tench (6 October 1758 – 7 May 1833) was a British marine officer who is best known for publishing two books describing his experiences in the First Fleet, which established the first settlement in Australia in 1788. His two accounts, "Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay"...

Watkin Tench (6 October 1758 – 7 May 1833) was a British marine officer who is best known for publishing two books describing his experiences in the First Fleet, which established the first settlement in Australia in 1788. His two accounts, "Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay" ...

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay Watkin Tench, british marine officer (1758-1833) This ebook presents «A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay», from Watkin Tench. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents...

A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench, british marine officer (1758-1833) This ebook presents «A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson», from Watkin Tench. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Watkin Tench.

The expedition on which he is engaged has excited much curiosity, and given birth to many speculations, respecting the consequences to arise from it. While men continue to think freely, they will judge variously. Some have been sanguine enough to foresee the most beneficial effects to the Parent State,...

CHAPTER I VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY Having made up my mind to visit the island of New Zealand, and having persuaded my friend Mr. Shand to accompany me, we made an arrangement for the passage with Captain Kent, of the brig Governor Macquarie, and, bidding adieu to our friends at Sydney, in a few hours (on...

coast of New South Wales, with Thoughts on the same.