John Watts (1755–1801) was a Royal Navy officer.[1] He served as a midshipman in Resolution on James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific in 1776–1780. In 1787–1789, 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.
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.jpg) John Watts in 1779 |
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.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Robson, John (2014). "John Watts (1755–1801)". Captain Cook Society. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ Phillip (1789)
References
edit- Phillip, Arthur (1789). The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay : with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island / compiled from authentic papers which have been obtained from the several departments. To which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball & Capt. Marshall with an account of their new discoveries. John Stockdale.
- Transcript at Project Gutenberg Australia