Watkin Tench sailed with the first fleet on board the Charlotte where he served as a Capt/Lt in the marines. He wrote two books of his adventures in the colony.
The first, A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay, gives us a first hand account of the voyage and is a fantastic eye-witness account by an extremely talented writer.
You can read his exploits below.
A Narrative of the Expedition
to Botany Bay
by Watkin Tench |
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Watkin also wrote another book of his exploits in the colony. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson. I do have a copy in my posession and hope to have it properly formatted and available for you to read on this site soon.
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