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... Leeuwin . Heaving rollers rush in from the westward . Rocks around the point throw up a constant white spray . In storm or calm Cape Leeuwin is a solitary but welcome sight to the traveller . It is not difficult to imagine the scene as ...
... Leeuwin . Heaving rollers rush in from the westward . Rocks around the point throw up a constant white spray . In storm or calm Cape Leeuwin is a solitary but welcome sight to the traveller . It is not difficult to imagine the scene as ...
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... Leeuwin in 1802 , Flinders made a long survey of the Great Australian Bight . Vancouver had surveyed from Cape Leeuwin to King George's Sound in 1792. In his search for traces of the missing La Perouse , D'Entrecasteaux had gone as far ...
... Leeuwin in 1802 , Flinders made a long survey of the Great Australian Bight . Vancouver had surveyed from Cape Leeuwin to King George's Sound in 1792. In his search for traces of the missing La Perouse , D'Entrecasteaux had gone as far ...
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... Leeuwin , south - west cape of Australia , named after ship Leeuwin . 1623 Jan Carstens with the yachts Pera and Arnhem visited New Guinea and Gulf of Carpentaria . 1627 Pieter Nuyts , in the Gulde Zeepaert , visited western and ...
... Leeuwin , south - west cape of Australia , named after ship Leeuwin . 1623 Jan Carstens with the yachts Pera and Arnhem visited New Guinea and Gulf of Carpentaria . 1627 Pieter Nuyts , in the Gulde Zeepaert , visited western and ...
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The Coast of Doom I I | 11 |
The First British Landing | 21 |
Columbus of the South | 26 |
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