Download or read book The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, Preformed in His Majesty's Vessel, the Lady Nelson, on Sixty Tons Burthen, With Sliding Keels, in the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales (Classic Reprint) written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, Preformed in His Majesty's Vessel, the Lady Nelson, on Sixty Tons Burthen, With Sliding Keels, in the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South WalesCaptain Schank having maturely considered the principle thus suggested, was fully convinced of its use and practica bility, and afterwards (viz. In 1774) solicited Lord Percy, then at Boston in New England, to permit him to build a boat for his Lordship upon that construction. He did so, and it was found to answer in every respect.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.