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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  90
• Lot Description:
  Tuckey, James Hingston. An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass’s Strait
  on the South Coast of New South Wales, in His Majesty’s Ship Calcutta, in the years 1802-3-4. Octavo, collector’s blind stamp on title and following leaf, bound without the half-title in half calf of the epoch, rebacked retaining the original spine and label, with the armorial bookplate of Elizabeth Pitcairn. London, Longman, et al.; and J.C. Mottley, Portsmouth. 1805.
• Notes:
  The Foundation book for Victoria and Tasmania. First edition of the only contemporary account of the abandoned 1803 settlement of Port Phillip and of the foundation of Hobart. In January 1803 Lieutenant-Colonel David Collins was commissioned to establish a new settlement at Port Phillip on Bass Strait. After landing at Sullivan Bay, Collins sent Lieutenant Tuckey to explore Port Phillip Bay. Tuckey’s was one of the earliest surveys of Port Phillip Bay and his book records both this and his other surveys on the surrounding coasts. Tuckey’s report on Port Phillip and his own dissatisfaction with the site chosen prompted Collins to write to Governor King seeking permission to remove the settlement. When King agreed, Collins moved the settlement to the Derwent River where, in February 1804, he established the future town of Hobart. Billot, 2; Davidson, pp. 119–120; Ferguson, 418; Hill 2, 1723; Wantrup, 22. Ferguson, 418.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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