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So attached were they to the story that later, when the Dutch told them how
Tasman had discovered a great land in the south seas and had found neither
abyss nor Pausengi, they could make no reply except that the tree must
nevertheless ...
So attached were they to the story that later, when the Dutch told them how
Tasman had discovered a great land in the south seas and had found neither
abyss nor Pausengi, they could make no reply except that the tree must
nevertheless ...
Page 14
believers were tormented by the fear that the English and Dutch heretics would
infect with the depravity of their apostasy countless number of Gentiles in the
south seas.39 So for wealth, for power, for all the pomps and vanities of this world
, but ...
believers were tormented by the fear that the English and Dutch heretics would
infect with the depravity of their apostasy countless number of Gentiles in the
south seas.39 So for wealth, for power, for all the pomps and vanities of this world
, but ...
Page 43
... it was commerce which explained why Great Britain and Holland made so
much a greater figure in Europe than Sweden or Denmark.7 It was the promise of
an extension of commerce which revived European interest in the south seas —
the ...
... it was commerce which explained why Great Britain and Holland made so
much a greater figure in Europe than Sweden or Denmark.7 It was the promise of
an extension of commerce which revived European interest in the south seas —
the ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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