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So they turned for Mexico , ensuring for Mendana the lesser honour and
distinction of being the first of those who might have discovered the east coast of
Australia . In 1595 he won second place in the same roll of honour , for in that
year he ...
So they turned for Mexico , ensuring for Mendana the lesser honour and
distinction of being the first of those who might have discovered the east coast of
Australia . In 1595 he won second place in the same roll of honour , for in that
year he ...
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his pen name ' An Old Briton ' , thought that one modest stone in Westminster
Abbey , with his name and a short account of his merits , would impart greater
delight to a feeling mind than all the expensive monuments raised in honour of
fiddlers ...
his pen name ' An Old Briton ' , thought that one modest stone in Westminster
Abbey , with his name and a short account of his merits , would impart greater
delight to a feeling mind than all the expensive monuments raised in honour of
fiddlers ...
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Flinders named it Port Lincoln , in honour of his native province . 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 ...
Flinders named it Port Lincoln , in honour of his native province . 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 ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
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