Excerpt from Phil Carver: A Romance of the War of 1812Bay, which is a haven of New South Wales, had been so named by the famous English explorer, Captain James Cook - who by some authorities has been credited with having dis covered Australia, in the year two - because of the great variety of new plants observed by accompanying botanists, in the vicinity; a feature, however, which characterizes not only the particular locality mentioned, but the island in general.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.