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... Tasman was by the desire to hurt , could not fulfil such expectations ; it may be that he was pitifully ill - equipped by nature to understand the vision which sustained the Council at Batavia . From the little that is known , the eye ...
... Tasman was by the desire to hurt , could not fulfil such expectations ; it may be that he was pitifully ill - equipped by nature to understand the vision which sustained the Council at Batavia . From the little that is known , the eye ...
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... 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 signifi- cance had happened . Indeed , so little notice was taken of ...
... 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 signifi- cance had happened . Indeed , so little notice was taken of ...
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... Tasman , in a rare comment , wrote in his diary : ' God be praised and thanked for this happy voyage . ' 42 But the Council at Batavia was not impressed . For them Tasman was a man who had been on the high seas for ten months without ...
... Tasman , in a rare comment , wrote in his diary : ' God be praised and thanked for this happy voyage . ' 42 But the Council at Batavia was not impressed . For them Tasman was a man who had been on the high seas for ten months without ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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