18th Century British History - Georgian Era (1715-1837), British Armed Forces - Biography, Great Britain - Royal Navy & Marines, New South Wales - History, British History - Military History, Colonial Administrators - Political Biography
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Overview
Presenting new information from archival research in Australia, Europe, South Africa, and North and South America, this is the first biography to cover in full the life of Arthur Phillip, the founding governor of New South Wales. The book tells the fascinating story of an extraordinary egalitarian who travelled the Artic and Atlantic Oceans and the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas, finally finding himself on the shores of what he would establish as the colony of New South Wales.
Book Details
Published
February 1, 1988
Publisher
OUP Australia and New Zealand
Pages
332
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780195547016