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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 86pp, index, sources, notes, col plates, map. col frontis portrait. Or card in pseudo-jacket attached at spine. Small stain on front cover, otherwise excellent. First published in 1798 as prologue to Collins' history, An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales. Aside from detailed descriptions of Botany Bay and Phillip's selection of Sydney Cove, the journal gives glimpses of life on three continents. One of the most important records of the voyage of what has become known as the First Fleet. Size: 8vo.…