the first fleet arrived in tenerife in tenerife.
the first fleet arrived in tenerife in tenerife.
when did the first fleet arrive in tenerife?
tenerife
raper was born to henry and catherine raper in london, england on 19 september 1769; his sister was the pastellist catherine charlotte raper. on 20 august 1783 at age 13 he joined the royal navy's as a captain's servant. after further service on hms "racehorse", he joined on 15 november 1786. "sirius", commanded by captain john hunter, was the flagship of the first fleet, which under commodore arthur phillip transported convicts from england to new south wales in australia. on 30 september 1787, while the first fleet was sailing from rio de janeiro to cape town, george raper became a midshipman. raper took his paint box with him, containing a larger set of paints than that of his captain, john hunter, who was also an artist. raper's charts, and his paintings of ports such as tenerife and rio de janeiro, were part of his evidence of competence for his promotion to midshipman. the first fleet arrived in botany bay in january 1788, then sailed to port jackson (now sydney harbour).
george raper
section::::history.:first contact.









































the first fleet encountered indigenous australians when they landed at botany bay. the cadigal people of the botany bay area witnessed the fleet arrive and six days later the two ships of french explorer la pérouse, the "astrolabe" and the "boussole", sailed into the bay. when the fleet moved to sydney cove seeking better conditions for establishing the colony, they encountered the eora people, including the bidjigal clan. a number of the first fleet journals record encounters with aboriginal people.
first fleet