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An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island
Autor: Hunter, John
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Books LLC
ISBN: 9781443209151
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11078 Kč
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10071 Kč
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Excerpt: of the TRANSACTIONS at PORT JACKSON and NORFOLK ISLAND with the Discoveries which have been made in NEW SOUTH WALES and in the SOUTHERN OCEAN, since the publication of PHILLIP'S VOYAGE, compiled from the Official Papers; Including the JOURNALS of Governor PHILLIP and KING, and of Lieut. BALL; and the VOYAGES from the first Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the Return of that Ship's Company to England in 1792 By JOHN HUNTER Esq., POST CAPTAIN IN HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY Illustrated with seventeen Maps, Charts, Views and other embellishments Drawn on the spot by Captains Hunter and Bradley, Lieutenant Dawes and Governor King LONDON Printed for John Stockdale, Picadilly January 1, 1793. CONTENTS LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS LIST OF PLATES CHAPTER I The ships destined for Botany-Bay rendezvous at the Mother-Bank.--Leave that place, and proceed on the voyage.--The convicts on board one of the transports attempt an insurrection.--Are timely discovered, and the ring-leaders punished.--Arrived at Santa Cruz.--Transactions there.--Attempt of a convict to escape.--Description of Laguna, and the adjacent country. Departure from Santa Cruz.--Pass Cape Frio.--Arrive at Rio Janeiro. Transactions there.--City of St. Sebastian described.--Table of Winds, Weather, c. CHAPTER II Anchor in Table-Bay.--Refreshments procured there.--Depart from the Cape of Good Hope.--Captain Phillip quits the Sirius, and proceeds on the voyage in the Supply.--The Sirius arrives in Botany-Bay.--Finds the Supply at anchor there.--Arrival of the Bussole and Astrolabe.--Leave Botany-Bay, and anchor in Port Jackson.--The Table of Winds, Weather, c. CHAPTER III Frequent interviews with the natives.--Weapons described.--Ornaments.--Persons, manners, and habitations.--Method of hunting.--Animals described.--Birds, and insects.--Diary of the weather.--Departure of the Bussole and Astrolabe.--A convict pretends to have discovered a gold mine.--The fraud detected.--Observations for the longitude, c CHAPTER IV...Hodnocení uživatelů:
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