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... Hope . As the ship rose and fell on the green swell of the Indian Ocean , events in Asia and North America were preparing the way for the voyage to acquire a significance which no member of the crew could ever have pondered . In India ...
... Hope . As the ship rose and fell on the green swell of the Indian Ocean , events in Asia and North America were preparing the way for the voyage to acquire a significance which no member of the crew could ever have pondered . In India ...
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... Hope to pur- chase supplies.29 He also wrote to Lord Sydney for better axes , better spades , and better shovels , as those they had were the worst that ever were seen.30 The difficulty was to find people interested in growing food , as ...
... Hope to pur- chase supplies.29 He also wrote to Lord Sydney for better axes , better spades , and better shovels , as those they had were the worst that ever were seen.30 The difficulty was to find people interested in growing food , as ...
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... hope of returning to England with independence and honour.14 At Madeira , Bent wrote with condescension in his diary of a people of such superstition that they knelt and cried and offered almost their all to kiss the dress of a doll ...
... hope of returning to England with independence and honour.14 At Madeira , Bent wrote with condescension in his diary of a people of such superstition that they knelt and cried and offered almost their all to kiss the dress of a doll ...
Contents
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 73 |
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