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Next day , when the wind made it difficult for the two ships to follow the coast ,
Tasman convened a council at which it was decided to keep to their earlier
decision to sail east till they reached the longitude of the Solomons , as though
nothing of ...
Next day , when the wind made it difficult for the two ships to follow the coast ,
Tasman convened a council at which it was decided to keep to their earlier
decision to sail east till they reached the longitude of the Solomons , as though
nothing of ...
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38 In July the Lady Juliana sailed for Botany Bay with female convicts and stores
. In September of 1789 the Guardian , a converted warship , sailed with stores
and twenty - five convict artificers and the superintendents . She struck an iceberg
...
38 In July the Lady Juliana sailed for Botany Bay with female convicts and stores
. In September of 1789 the Guardian , a converted warship , sailed with stores
and twenty - five convict artificers and the superintendents . She struck an iceberg
...
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69 On 6 March they again sailed into a deep gulf , but the want of boldness in the
shores and the shallowness of the water made Flinders doubt whether it
belonged to a channel leading to the Gulf of Carpentaria or even any distance
inland .
69 On 6 March they again sailed into a deep gulf , but the want of boldness in the
shores and the shallowness of the water made Flinders doubt whether it
belonged to a channel leading to the Gulf of Carpentaria or even any distance
inland .
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
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