An account of the English colony in New South Wales, . from its first settlement in January 1788, to August 1801: with remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that country. To which are added, some particulars of New Zealand; compiled, by permission, from the mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King: and an account of a voyage performed by Captain Flinders and Mr. Bass; by which the existence of a strait separating Van Diemen's Land from the continent of New Holland was ascertained. Abstracted from the journal of Mr. Bass. By Lieutenant-General Collins, ... Illustrated with numerous engravings.
David Collins
Category
Books
Date
1804
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3102123
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvii,[3],562p., plates . 4to.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: W. Lenox Conyngham [i.e.: William Lenox-Conyngham (1792-1858)]. manuscript inscription on tielpage: W Lenox Conyngham London 1819 [i.e.: William Lenox-Conynghma (1792-1858)].. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; triple gilt fillet and blind roll to form a border; spine gilt; black spine label: Collins's New South Wales.
Makers and roles
David Collins