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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 ...
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 ...
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In September of 1789 the Guardian , a converted warship , sailed with stores and twenty - five convict artificers and the superintendents . She struck an iceberg and sank off the Cape of Good Hope on Christmas eve of 1789.
In September of 1789 the Guardian , a converted warship , sailed with stores and twenty - five convict artificers and the superintendents . She struck an iceberg and sank off the Cape of Good Hope on Christmas eve of 1789.
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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 ...
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 ...
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