Captains' letters (K), 1803

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Item Adm 1/2020
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Includes: Letters from P.G. King (Sydney) to E. Nepean (Admiralty): reports on warships arriving at Sydney; explorations in Bass Strait by French ships; King's decision to form a settlement in Van Diemen's land; return of HMS Investigator; transfer of officers and men to the Porpoise; wreck of Porpoise on reef.

Letters from Flinders to P.G. King: condition of Investigator; transfer of crew to HMS Porpoise to complete exploration of Australian coasts; wreck of Porpoise.

Letters from P.G. King to Flinders: transfer of command of the Porpoise to Flinders; different modes of carrying out explorations; loss of the Porpoise.

Orders issued by King concerning a survey of the condition of the Investigator.

Account by Flinders of the loss of HMS Porpoise, 9 Sept. 1803.

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