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The First Fleet did not land either in or on London. The First Fleet departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787. It then travelled to Australia via the Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro and South Africa, arriving in Port Jackson, New South Wales on 26 January 1788.

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