The Minerva Journal of John Washington Price: Voyage from Cork Ireland to Sydney

by John Washington Price

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The Minerva Journal of John Washington Price: A Voyage from Cork, Ireland to Sydney, New South Wales 1798–1800 by John Washington Price Transcribed and edited with an introduction by Pamela Jeanne Fulton Hardcover, 318 pages Published 2000 by Melbourne University Publishing John Washington Price was the surgeon of the transport Minerva which sailed from Cork to Sydney in 1799 carrying 200 convicts. His journal is lively, copious and detailed. Price was an acute observer of people and his journal is full of minutiae about convicts, sailors and soldiers, and of the flora and fauna encountered along the way.

• Publisher: Miegunyah Press
• Year: 2000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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