Great South Land [electronic resource]
Rob Mundle2015
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The extraordinary story of how Dutch sailors found Australia and an English
Pirate almost beat Captain Cook. On 15 January 1688 - almost 100 years to the
day before Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in Botany Bay as commander of the
First Fleet - another English ship, the sixteen-gun Cygnet, was running downwind
on a gentle breeze while closing on the coast of the same continent. Cygnet,
however, was 2000 miles to the north-west of where Phillip would anchor HMS
Sirius and go ashore to finally establish the first British colony in the Great
South Land. To get to this point, Cygnet had crossed the Pacific from the coast
of Mexico to the East Indies with a 140-man crew comprising a bunch of unruly
seafarers, young and old ... and pirates all.
Main title:
Great South Land [electronic resource] / Rob Mundle
Author:
Rob Mundle, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : ABC Books, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (368 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781460705605
Language:
English
BRN:
427682
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |