This 1789 work describes the voyage of the First Fleet, and the birth of one of the world's great cities.

"The Going of the White Swan" from Arthur Phillip. Governor of New South Wales, and founder of the settlement which became Sydney (1738-1814).

Public utility of voyages--Peculiar circumstances of this--New Holland properly a continent--Reasons for fixing our settlement there--Transportation to America, its origin, advantages, and cessation--Experiments made--The present plan adopted--Disadvantages of other expedients. From voyages undertaken expressly for the purpose of discovery, the public naturally looks for information of various kinds: and it is a fact which we cannot but contemplate with pleasure, that by the excellent publications subsequent to such enterprises, very considerable additions have been made, during the present...