The First Fleet: The Convict Voyage That Founded Australia 1787-88 by Jonathan King

Book Description

Secondhand. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly to tail edge. Dust jacket has wear to edges, with the spine top now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still very good. Quarto size book.

This is the account of the voyage of the first fleet as related by those who took part. Jonathan King has drawn on original diaries of the scribes and compiled a day-to-day account of the epic adventure. Illustrated with contemporary material, The First Fleet relates the story of the voyage that transplanted British civilisation and laid the foundation for the nation of Australia. (book flap)