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To use the trade winds he sailed due east from Cape Town for four thousand
miles and then turned north . In October 1616 the ship Eendracht ( Concord ) ,
skipper Dirk Hartog , using this route , ran on to the west coast of Australia in
latitude ...
To use the trade winds he sailed due east from Cape Town for four thousand
miles and then turned north . In October 1616 the ship Eendracht ( Concord ) ,
skipper Dirk Hartog , using this route , ran on to the west coast of Australia in
latitude ...
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By the second route , when sailing east in fifty - two to fifty - four degrees of south
latitude , at the longitude of the islands of St Peter and St Francis , he could steer
north to the south coast of the known Southland in the sight of these islands ...
By the second route , when sailing east in fifty - two to fifty - four degrees of south
latitude , at the longitude of the islands of St Peter and St Francis , he could steer
north to the south coast of the known Southland in the sight of these islands ...
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59 This raised the question whether the East India Company should grant
licences for trade with New South Wales , and so remove piecemeal or wholly the
original restrictions imposed on the trade of New South Wales in order to
preserve the ...
59 This raised the question whether the East India Company should grant
licences for trade with New South Wales , and so remove piecemeal or wholly the
original restrictions imposed on the trade of New South Wales in order to
preserve the ...
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
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