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James Tuckey (1776 1816) was a naval officer who was appointed first lieutenant on H.M.S. Calcutta. In 1802 the ship was given orders to sail to New South Wales, Australia, to survey the harbour at Port Phillip, and to establish a colony. The Calcutta departed from Portsmouth in April 1803 and arrived in New South Wales in October. After Tuckey returned from the assignment, he published this account in 1805. He begins the work by explaining the motives behind establishing the colony it was to be used for convicts, some of whom he was transporting on the ship. The first four chapters discuss...

In 1816, an expedition to Africa, commanded by Captain James Tuckey (1776 1816), set out on HMS Congo, accompanied by the storeship Dorothy. The aim was to discover more about African geography of which relatively little was then known and in particular the connection between the River Congo, also known as the Zaire, and the Niger Basin. The mission failed when eighteen crew members, including Tuckey, died from virulent fevers and attacks by hostile natives. However, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty gave permission for publication of Tuckey's notes, and those of his Norwegian botanist...