The Journal Of Philip Gidley King: Lieutenant, R.N. 1787-1790
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: light stain on the dj.
At the dawn of Australia's European settlement, a young naval lieutenant named Philip Gidley King sailed into history aboard the First Fleet, and his meticulous journal stands as one of the most vivid firsthand accounts of that extraordinary era. The Journal of Philip Gidley King: Lieutenant, R.N. 1787–1790 chronicles King's experiences from the voyage out of Portsmouth through his pivotal role in the establishment of the first British colony at Sydney Cove and his subsequent command of the Norfolk Island settlement, capturing the raw, unfiltered reality of life on the colonial frontier with remarkable detail and candour. Edited by Paul G. Fidlon and R. J. Ryan, this scholarly edition presents an invaluable primary source for students of Australian and British imperial history, carefully annotated to place King's observations within their broader political and geographical context. King's prose — precise, unsentimental, and occasionally wry — illuminates the immense logistical, social, and human challenges faced by those charged with founding a new society at the edge of the known world. For anyone seeking to understand the foundations of modern Australia through the eyes of one of its earliest architects, this journal raises as many questions about empire, endurance, and ambition as it answers.
Author: Paul G. Fidlon And R. J. Ryan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Australian Documents Library, Sydney
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: light stain on the dj.
At the dawn of Australia's European settlement, a young naval lieutenant named Philip Gidley King sailed into history aboard the First Fleet, and his meticulous journal stands as one of the most vivid firsthand accounts of that extraordinary era. The Journal of Philip Gidley King: Lieutenant, R.N. 1787–1790 chronicles King's experiences from the voyage out of Portsmouth through his pivotal role in the establishment of the first British colony at Sydney Cove and his subsequent command of the Norfolk Island settlement, capturing the raw, unfiltered reality of life on the colonial frontier with remarkable detail and candour. Edited by Paul G. Fidlon and R. J. Ryan, this scholarly edition presents an invaluable primary source for students of Australian and British imperial history, carefully annotated to place King's observations within their broader political and geographical context. King's prose — precise, unsentimental, and occasionally wry — illuminates the immense logistical, social, and human challenges faced by those charged with founding a new society at the edge of the known world. For anyone seeking to understand the foundations of modern Australia through the eyes of one of its earliest architects, this journal raises as many questions about empire, endurance, and ambition as it answers.