Author: Bradley, Lieut. William.
Title: A Voyage to New South Wales: The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley of Hms Sirius 1786 - 1792 (2 Volumes) [the William Dixson Foundation Publication].
Description: Sydney Ure Smith / Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales, 1969. Two volumes. First volume: Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos (plates), minor edgewear. Second volume: Maps in box and slipcase, minor edgewear. Very heavy (1.9 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. 495 pp. William Bradley, as first lieutenant of HMS Sirius, recorded in his journal accounts of explorations and surveys with the First Fleet from England to Botany Bay, and also to the Cape of Good Hope, Batavia and back to England. First edition thus, being a reproduction in facsimile of the original manuscript. Includes a second volume, being a portfolio of 22 charts and maps (all present). The book includes 30 colour reproductions of Bradley's watercolour views. (No 11 in the series The William Dixson Foundation Publication.). ISBN: 00189

Keywords: australian history, maritime, new south wales (nsw), sydney, facsimile edition 00189


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