FIRST FLEET & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE October 22-24, 1789: Includes a very detailed, full column description of the book about to be published, "Governor Phillip's VOYAGE to BOTANY BAY." With a list of engravings and charts, a list of the booksellers who will be stocking the volume and the price, £1/11/6. This edition also carries a detailed article about the boxing match between Perrins and Johnson at Banbury: "...Sixty-two rounds of fair and hard fighting, which lasted exactly one hour and 15 minutes, determined the contest in favour of Johnson, who is now considered the Champion of England..." There is also news of disorder in France, etc.
FIRST FLEET & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE October 22-24, 1789: Includes a very detailed, full column description of the book about to be published, "Governor Phillip's VOYAGE to BOTANY BAY." With a list of engravings and charts, a list of the booksellers who will be stocking the volume and the price, £1/11/6. This edition also carries a detailed article about the boxing match between Perrins and Johnson at Banbury: "...Sixty-two rounds of fair and hard fighting, which lasted exactly one hour and 15 minutes, determined the contest in favour of Johnson, who is now considered the Champion of England..." There is also news of disorder in France, etc.
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