Series 01: Papers concerning Edward Riou, 1789-1808

series

1789-1808

Textual Records, Clippings

105382

0.16 metres of textual material (8 volumes)
Clippings

VOLUME 01
The Log Book of a Voyage to Port Jackson in New South Wales, performed by Lieutenant Edward Riou Commanding his Majesty's Ship Guardian by Order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 21 April 1789 to 5 May 1790.

VOLUME 02
Riou's narrative of the wreck of the Guardian, 8 September - 25 December 1789, probably written 1790

VOLUME 03
Memoirs of Edward Riou RN. Compiled by Riou's niece, Charlotte Benson, from his logs, narratives and letters

VOLUME 04
Letters to the Admiralty, 22 and 28 June 1791

VOLUME 05
Instructions and Standing Orders for the General Government and discipline of His Majesty's Ship Amazon, Edward Riou Esq Captn. Octr. 1799.

VOLUME 06
Melancholy Disaster of His Majesty's Ship The Guardian, Bound to Botany Bay with Stores and Convicts, Lieut. Riou, Commander, &c., 1808

VOLUME 07
The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1790. London: 1802

VOLUME 08
The Maidstone Journal, report titled `Safe Arrival of the Guardian, being an account of the Guardian's arrival at the Cape of Good Hope after its near sinking', 4 May 1790.

Dare to know : the art and science of Pacific voyages - State Library of New South Wales (1 June - 28 November, 1998)