Early Australian Voyages


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The Essential Library presents John Pinkerton's "Early Australian Voyages," a captivating account of true-life stories of courage and daring. Meet the brave explorers who were the first to cross the uncharted seas. This heirloom edition is part of an entertaining collection of hard-to-find works of non-fiction. Visit www.EssentialLibrary.com to see all the titles in this series.




Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier


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This is a historical account of the early exploration and discovery of Australia by three prominent explorers: Pelsart, Tasman, and Dampier. The book offers a detailed insight into the voyages, discoveries, and challenges faced by these explorers in their quest to explore the unknown lands of Australia.







Early Australian Voyages


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On the 24th of the same month, being in the latitude of 42 degrees 25 minutes south, and in the longitude of 163 degrees 50 minutes, I discovered land, which lay east-south-east at the distance of ten miles, which I called Van Diemen's Land. The compass pointed right towards this land. The weather being bad, I steered south and by east along the coast.




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Early Australian Voyages - Scholar's Choice Edition


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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Health, medicine, and the sea


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During the nineteenth century, over 1.5 million migrants set sail from the British Isles to begin new lives in the Australian colonies. Health, medicine and the sea follows these people on a fascinating journey around half the globe to give a rich account of the creation of lay and professional medical knowledge in an ever-changing maritime environment. From consumptive convicts who pleaded that going to sea was their only chance of recovery, to sailors who performed macabre ‘medical’ rituals during equatorial ceremonies off the African coast, to surgeons’ formal experiments with scurvy in the southern hemisphere oceans, to furious letters from quarantined emigrants just a few miles from Sydney, this wide-ranging and evocative study brings the experience and meaning of voyaging to life. Katherine Foxhall makes an important contribution to the history of medicine, imperialism and migration which will appeal to students and researchers alike.




Early Australian Voyages


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Early Australian Voyages


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Early Australian Voyages


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Early Australian Voyages