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Informationen zum Autor British marine officer and author Watkin Tench (1758-1833) is most known for his in-depth accounts of the early British settlement of Australia. He was born in Chester, England, and enlisted in the Royal Marines in 1776. Tench was chosen as a marine officer for the First Fleet in 1787. The First Fleet was a fleet of ships that were intended to establish a penal colony in New South Wales, Australia. He lived in the colony for three years, during which time he maintained thorough records and published various volumes, including "A Comprehensive History of the Colony at Port Jackson" and "A Memoir of the Expedition to Botany Bay" (1789). (1793). These writings, which are still regarded and studied today, provide a unique and insightful perspective into the colony's early years. Tench continued to serve in the Royal Marines until his return to England in 1791, ultimately achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. After taking a break in 1796, he relocated to Devon, where he remained until his death in 1833. In addition to his publications about Australia, Tench also wrote a book named "Military Diary of Major Ebenezer Denny" about his experiences in the American War of Independence (1820). Klappentext A 1793 account of the settlement in Port Jackson, New South Wales, by a member of the First Fleet. Zusammenfassung Watkin Tench (c.1758–1833) was part of the crew of the Charlotte, one of the First Fleet ships of convicts destined for New South Wales. Tench stayed in Port Jackson for four years and this work, published in 1793, is an account of the establishment of a colony there. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication; Preface; List of subscribers; 1. A retrospect of the state of the colony of Port Jackson, on the date of my former narrative, in July, 1788; 2. Transactions of the colony from the sailing of the first fleet in July, 1788, to the close of that year; 3. Transactions of the colony, from the commencement of the year 1789, until the end of March; 4. Transactions of the colony in April and May 1789; 5. Transactions of the colony until the close of the year 1789; 6. Transactions of the colony, from the beginning of the year 1790, until the end of May following; 7. Transactions of the colony in June, July, and August, 1790; 8. Transactions of the colony in the beginning of September, 1790; 9. Transactions of the colony in part of September and October, 1790; 10. The arrival of the supply from Batavia. The state of the colony in November, 1790; 11. Farther transactions of the colony in November, 1790; 12. Transactions of the colony in part of December, 1790; 13. The transactions of the colony continued to the end of May, 1791; 14. Travelling diaries in New South Wales; 15. Transactions of the colony to the end of November, 1791; 16. Transactions of the colony until the 18th of December, 1791, when I quitted it, with an account of its state at that time; 17. Miscellaneous remarks on the country. On its vegetable production. On its climate. On its animal productions. On its natives, etc.; 18. Observations on the convicts; 19. Facts relating to the probability of establishing a whale fishery on the coast of New South Wales, with thoughts on the same....
