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... vessel , which he brought to New South Wales to carry salt pork from Tahiti to Sydney . He sailed to Chile in 1803 on board an armed merchantman . At Valparaiso the town governor refused to permit the vessel to trade . Bass , who was ...
... vessel , which he brought to New South Wales to carry salt pork from Tahiti to Sydney . He sailed to Chile in 1803 on board an armed merchantman . At Valparaiso the town governor refused to permit the vessel to trade . Bass , who was ...
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... vessel . After sailing through Backstairs Passage , another dramatic incident occurred . At four in the afternoon the lookout aloft reported a white rock ahead . Drawing nearer , Flinders was amazed to find it was no rock but another ...
... vessel . After sailing through Backstairs Passage , another dramatic incident occurred . At four in the afternoon the lookout aloft reported a white rock ahead . Drawing nearer , Flinders was amazed to find it was no rock but another ...
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... vessel of Le Geographe . A boat crew from Le Geographe , which had been lost in Bass Strait , had been rescued by an English vessel and was now on board Le Naturaliste . But there was hardly a healthy man on either of the French ships ...
... vessel of Le Geographe . A boat crew from Le Geographe , which had been lost in Bass Strait , had been rescued by an English vessel and was now on board Le Naturaliste . But there was hardly a healthy man on either of the French ships ...
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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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