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-Colonel Collins.

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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-Colonel Collins. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : A. Strahan Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804.

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xv pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 562 pages : frontispiece (portrait), illustrations (some colour), plates (some colour), maps (1 folded), plan ; (4to)

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2nd ed.

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Edited by Maria Collins. cf. Pref
Abridged by M. Collins.

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