Captain Welbe accompanied Dampier on the 1703-1706 voyage to Australia.
Welbe, John, active 1703-1716
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From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2669
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Welbe, John : Petition to the Secretary of State
Date: 1722
By: Welbe, John, active 1703-1716
Reference: qMS-2128
Description: This petition represents what is believed to be the first scheme put forward by an Englishman to exploit Australia and the adjacent islands. Also included is a petition from Welbe to Robert Walpole, protesting the falseness of the charges which had resulted in his being gaoled in King's Bench Prison, where these petitions were written A broadsheet referring to the scheme had been printed previously but of this only one copy (in Bibliotheque Nationale) exists Welbe accompanied Dampier on the voyage of 1703-1706 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (32 pages). Physical Description: Ms (32 cm; ½ green morocco, light green boards) Processing information: Access statement changed from "Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room" to "Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original" on 26 October 2022.