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john watts -lrb- royal navy officer -rrb-

john watts -lrb- 1755 -- 1801 -rrb- was a royal navy officer .
he served as a midshipman in on james cook 's third voyage to the pacific in 1776 -- 1780 .
in 1777 -- 1779 , while on leave from the navy , he sailed as a passenger on `` lady penrhyn '' with the first fleet to new south wales , and acted as supercargo on the return voyage to england via canton .
extracts from watts 's journal of the first fleet voyage appear in `` the voyage of governor phillip to botany bay '' , as do three plates after his sketches .
