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Excerpt from Australasia: New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand Cook's report - The American Colonies - Matra's proposal The American loyalists - A change in the treatment of criminals - Suggestions for a Convict colony-the Plan Lord Sydney selects Captain Phillip to command - Phillip's previous career - Preparations - Incompleteness of arrange ments - Phillip's dreams of the future - The First Fleet sets sail - Rio de Janeiro - Portuguese courtesy - The Cape of Good Hope - The Australian coast is sighted - Arrival in Botany Bay - Phillip explores Port Jackson - Sydney Cove selected - La Perouse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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