Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814
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Epithet: Admiral
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x00022c
Arthur Phillip was born in London, educated at Greenwich, and at the age of seven joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He rose steadily in the service, attaining the rank of Captain. in 1786, he was assigned the duty of forming a convict settlement in Australia. His fleet arrived in Botany Bay in 1788, and in four years he had established a colony in what is now Sydney. Modern Australian historians describe him as the founder of New South Wales or of Australia.
From the description of A. Phillip letter to R.C. Griffith, 1793 June 12. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 69937100
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Subjects:
- First Fleet, 1787-1788
- Governor
- Governors
- Nile, Battle of the, Egypt, 1798
- Voyages and travels
Occupations:
- Governors
Places:
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Newfoundland, Canada (as recorded)
- Canso, Nova Scolia (as recorded)
- Jamaica, Central America (as recorded)
- San Domingo, the Carribean (as recorded)
- River Gambia, West Africa (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- St Lucia, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Australia--New South Wales (as recorded)
- Australia--New South Wales (as recorded)
- Dartmouth, Devon (as recorded)
- New Brunswick, North America (as recorded)
- Port Jackson (N.S.W.) (as recorded)
- San Domingo, the Carribean (as recorded)
- New South Wales, Australia (as recorded)
- Podolia, Russia (as recorded)
- Turkey, Asia Minor (as recorded)
- Newfoundland, Canada (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Quebec, Province of, Canada (as recorded)
- Dominica, the W. Indies (as recorded)
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- Martinique, the W. Indies (as recorded)
- Dunkirk, France (as recorded)
- New South Wales (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- Bahama Islands, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Guadeloupe, Mexico (as recorded)
- Parramatta, New South Wales (as recorded)
- Greenland, Denmark (as recorded)
- St. Vincent, West Indies (as recorded)
- Liverpool, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Ukraine, Europe (as recorded)
- Nova Scotia, North America (as recorded)
- Norfolk Island, Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
- Sydney, Australia (as recorded)
- Newfoundland, Canada (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- Bermuda Islands, North Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
