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Watkin Tench

(Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833)

Lieutenant General Watkin Tench (6 October 1758 – 7 May 1833) was a British military officer who is best known for publishing two books describing his experiences in the First Fleet, which established the first European settlement in Australia in 1788. His two accounts, Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson provide an account of the arrival and first four years of the colony. (From Wikipedia)

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Books by Watkin Tench:

Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833: A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson (Gutenberg text)
Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833: A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay (Gutenberg text)

Additional books by Watkin Tench in the extended shelves:

Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833: Letters written in France, to a friend in London, between the month of November 1794, and the month of May 1795. (J. Johnson, 1796) (page images at HathiTrust)
Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833: Relation d'une expédition à la baye Botanique. (Paris., 1789) (page images at HathiTrust)

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