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From 1622 onwards all skippers on voyages of discovery from their Kasteel in
Djakarta were given instructions which reproduced the mixture of motives ,
muddles and puzzles in their own minds . They were still chasing the elusive
islands of ...
From 1622 onwards all skippers on voyages of discovery from their Kasteel in
Djakarta were given instructions which reproduced the mixture of motives ,
muddles and puzzles in their own minds . They were still chasing the elusive
islands of ...
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and their greed , it stated in measured periods their expectations from discovery
in the south seas in a rehash of the ideas which were a commonplace of Dutch
thinking at the time on the old ' terra australis ' theme , after which the instructions
...
and their greed , it stated in measured periods their expectations from discovery
in the south seas in a rehash of the ideas which were a commonplace of Dutch
thinking at the time on the old ' terra australis ' theme , after which the instructions
...
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A letter writer to the Gentleman's Magazine , in 1803,18 using appropriately as 14
For the text of the Admiralty instructions to Byron see J. Hawkesworth : An
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of his present Majesty , for
making ...
A letter writer to the Gentleman's Magazine , in 1803,18 using appropriately as 14
For the text of the Admiralty instructions to Byron see J. Hawkesworth : An
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of his present Majesty , for
making ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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