The Sixth Continent |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 14
Page 17
... anchored off - shore , while the captains conferred . They decided to proceed southwards , and rounded the southernmost point of the land which they named Van Diemen's Land , after the Dutch Governor . Only after years of settlement was ...
... anchored off - shore , while the captains conferred . They decided to proceed southwards , and rounded the southernmost point of the land which they named Van Diemen's Land , after the Dutch Governor . Only after years of settlement was ...
Page 40
... anchored in the splendid harbour of Rio de Janeiro . The Viceroy of Brazil , Don Luis de Vaarconcellos , received Phillip and his officers , entertaining them lavishly during their month's stay . Fresh supplies were obtained for all the ...
... anchored in the splendid harbour of Rio de Janeiro . The Viceroy of Brazil , Don Luis de Vaarconcellos , received Phillip and his officers , entertaining them lavishly during their month's stay . Fresh supplies were obtained for all the ...
Page 66
... anchored and allowed them to come on board . He showed them his rough chart , from which they instantly understood the cutter's business . They showed a great liking for port wine , and upon his mentioning the natives of the coast , and ...
... anchored and allowed them to come on board . He showed them his rough chart , from which they instantly understood the cutter's business . They showed a great liking for port wine , and upon his mentioning the natives of the coast , and ...
Contents
The Coast of Doom I I | 11 |
The First British Landing | 21 |
Columbus of the South | 26 |
Copyright | |
18 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
aboriginal Adelaide ahead anchored ashore Bass Bass Strait Bathurst blacks boat Botany Bay Brahe Buccaneer Archipelago Burke bush camels camp Cape Leeuwin Cape York Captain centre cliffs colony continent convicts Cook Cooper's Creek crew crossed Cunningham Dampier Darling depot desert died discovered discovery Dividing Range Dutch east England Escape Cliffs expedition explorers Eyre feet Flinders followed French Giles Goulburn Governor Grey Gulf of Carpentaria hills hope horses Hovell Hume Island Jackey journey Kaiber Kennedy King Lachlan Lake land later Leeuwin Leichhardt Lieutenant Macquarie McKinlay Menindee miles Mitchell Mount mountains Murray Murrumbidgee named natives north-west northward Overland Telegraph Oxley party Perth plain Port Essington Port Jackson Port Phillip Range reached returned River rocks round sailed sailors scrub settlement settlers ship shore South Australia South Wales spears stream Sturt survey Sydney Tasman Tasmania took vessel voyage West Australia west coast westward