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GRANT, James
The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery...
C. Raworth, London, 1803. Quarto, with a large folding plate, a folding chart, a coloured plate andfive other engravings; a couple of spots but a good copy in modern half calf. First edition of one of the most important of the early coastal voyages. This copy is complete with both the rare "List of Encouragers" and the blank leaf at the end of the preliminaries.
James Grant was born in Scotland in 1772. In 1800 as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy he brought the Lady Nelson to Australia in company with HMS Porpoise. Over the next two years Grant made several voyages of discovery along the New South Wales coastline but is best remembered for his work in the Hunter River area which resulted in the establishment of Newcastle.
During this Hunter River expedition with Lieutenant-Governor Colonel Paterson, Grant surveyed the surrounding country and named Mount Egerton. The expedition discovered copper and iron ores, and good timber for ship building.
Davidson, 'A Book Collector's Notes', pp. 125-6 ('rare and most desirable'); Hill, p. 127; Wantrup, 75.
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