A Voyage to Botany Bay with A Sequel to Barrington's Voyage to New South Wales

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Author: George Barrington (1755-1804) Year: 1798-1801 Publisher: C Lowndes Place: London Description: 2 volumes in one. Volume 1 with a Description of the country , manners, Customs, Religion c of the Natives [vi]+120 pages with engraved frontispiece and engraved title-vignette depicting prisoners landing at Sydney Cove; volume 2 titled A Sequel to Barrington's Voyage to New South Wales, comprising an interesting narrative of the Transactions and Behavior of the Convicts; The progress of the Colony; an Official Register of the Crimes, Trials, Sentences, and Executions that have taken place: A Topographical, Physical, and Moral Account of the Country, Manners, Customs c. of the Natives, - as likewise authentic anecdotes of the most distinguished characters, and notorious convicts that have been transported to the settlement at New South Wales viii+88+[6] pages with tables. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 4 1/2") bound in full leather with five raised spine bands and red label in gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped rule to edges. Often found bound together. (Ferguson: 328) Volume one first printed in 1795. Reprint. George Barrington was an Irish-born pickpocket, popular London socialite, Australian pioneer (following his transportation to Botany Bay), and author. His escapades, arrests, and trials, were widely chronicled in the London press of his day. For over a century following his death, and still perhaps today, he was most celebrated for the line "We left our country for our cou

• Printing: later
• Binding: Hardcover

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