Under Full Sail [electronic resource]
Rob Mundle2016
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How the mighty clipper ships transformed Australia from convict outpost to a
nation. More than one million Australians can trace their heritage to the
migrant ships of the mid-to-late 19th century... The story of the Clipper ships,
and the tens of thousands of migrants they bought to the Australian colony of
the nineteenth century, is one of the world's great migration stories. For
anyone who travelled to Australia before 1850, it was a long and arduous journey
that could take as much as four months. With the arrival of the clipper ships,
and favourable winds, the journey from England could be done in a little over
half this time. It was a revolution in travel that made the clipper ships the
jet airlines of their day, bringing keen and willing migrants 'down under' in
record time, all hell-bent on making their fortune in Australia. Rob Mundle is
back on the water, with a ripping story that starts on the sea, aboard a clipper
ship charging across the Southern Ocean, laden wi...
Main title:
Under Full Sail [electronic resource] / Rob Mundle
Author:
Rob Mundle, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : ABC Books, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (384 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781460705599
Language:
English
BRN:
433802
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |