Description
Rare engraving compiled from information supplied by the first Governor of Australia, Arthur Phillip. This was the first account of the convict settlement soon after the landing of the First Fleet at Botany Bay.
The Mile Atoll shares maritime boundaries with the Wake Island to the north, Kiribati to the southeast and Nauru to the south.
The following alternative names have been used for Mile Atoll on European charts, logbooks and the accounts of visitors:
Gilbert- and Marshall Island (Gilbert 1788)
Lord Mulgrave Mille Mulgrave (Gilbert 1788)
Port Rhin (anchorage)
From: Phillip, A. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments to which are added the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball and Capt. Marshall with an Account of their New Discoveries,….. London.
Collections:
British Library: Shelf mark: C.47.i.10
National Gallery Australia: NGA 2012.1466
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1165394
Royal Collection Trust: RCIN 1142204
Silent World: SF000022
State Library NSW: D Q78/26
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 994.02 P54V
References:
Crittenden, V. A Bibliography Of The First Fleet. ACT 1982 : 180
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 47
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 :. 1346
McCormick, T. First Views of Australia 1788-1825. Sydney: 1987
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987: pp.59-64, pp.127-128, p.345-5, ill. p.63
