The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson - With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant

THE LOGBOOKS OF THE LADY NELSON
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THE LOGBOOKS OF THE LADY NELSON WITH THE JOURNAL OF HER FIRST COMMANDER LIEUTENANT JAMES GRANT, R.N.
BY
IDA LEE, F.R.G.S. (MRS. CHARLES BRUCE MARRIOTT.)
AUTHOR OF: THE COMING OF THE BRITISH TO AUSTRALIA, [and] COMMODORE SIR JOHN HAYES, HIS VOYAGE AND LIFE. WITH SIXTEEN CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE ADMIRALTY LIBRARY. GRAFTON & CO. 69 GREAT RUSSELL STREET LONDON. W.C. First Published in 1915. TO THE MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER, WILLIAM LEE, ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S PIONEERS.
View of the Lady Nelson in the Thames, from a painting in the possession of the Victorian Government
PREFACE.
The objects for which the Lady Nelson's voyages were undertaken render her logbooks of more than ordinary interest. She was essentially an Australian discovery ship and during her successive commissions she was ...