Author: TUCKEY, J. H; Esq., First Lieutenant of the Calcutta.
Title: An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the South Coast of New South Wales, in his Majesty's Ship Calcutta, in the Years 1802-3-4.
Description: Limited Facsimile Edition; 8vo; pp. xvi (last Errata), 239, 1 page adverts., 1 page facsimile details; addenda; full brown leather binding with bright gilt decorated raised bands, dark brown and gilt title label on spine, both boards decorated in blind stamp, very good copy North Melbourne; Marsh Taylor & Walsh; 1974. James Hingston Tuckey's Voyage from England to Port Phillip was first published at London in 1805. This Edition is a facsimile of the original text, layout and design. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Hand bound at the Dove Bindery, Melbourne. descriptions of natives, clothes, weapons, food, housing, shooting of natives mammals, birds, sea fish, seals, insects, Addenda includes lists of plants and trees, meteorological data, selection of convicts for transportation and on preserving health during voyage.

Keywords: Victoria Australian History Local Exploration Port Phillip District Bay Discovery Calcutta New South Wales Ocean Governor David Collins