(Paperback)

An extraordinary first-hand account of the early years of Australian settlement, 1788 is highly readable and hugely entertaining.

(Paperback, First published in 1793 by G. Nicol and J. Sewell)

Watkin Tench served as a captain of marines on one of the vessels of the First Fleet and recorded his observations of the voyage in A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay. Tench also wrote of the subsequent settlement in New South Wales in A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson.

(Hardback)

This work presents an annotated version of the letters of Major Watkin Tench, who was held on parole in the town of Quimper in Brittany between 1794-1795. His account illustrates and analyzes the volatile relationship between languages and socio-political codes during the French Revolution.

(Paperback)

This work presents an annotated version of the letters of Major Watkin Tench, who was held on parole in the town of Quimper in Brittany between 1794-1795. His account illustrates and analyzes the volatile relationship between languages and socio-political codes during the French Revolution.

(Paperback)

Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay is one of Tench's two accounts of early colonial Australian life. Before setting sail for Australia, Tench arranged with the London firm Debrett to publish his account of the colony for the eager readership back home.