Private journal of a voyage to Australia 1838-39
By: James Bell ; edited by Richard Walsh, with an introduction and epilogue by Anthony Laube
Contributors: Walsh, Richard; Laube, Anthony
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781742377957
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Travel; Planter (Ship); Diaries
Description: On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious C.P., a young woman with whom he hoped one day to be reunited".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202).