The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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Before Phillip's Instructions were drawn up , he wrote down a number of matters for which he considered provision should be made . Amongst these was a request that he might establish the settlement " in such port as I may find the most ...
Before Phillip's Instructions were drawn up , he wrote down a number of matters for which he considered provision should be made . Amongst these was a request that he might establish the settlement " in such port as I may find the most ...
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No exploring expedition had as yet shown the way to country so full of hope ; and there was joy in his heart when he wrote : " After returning over flowing plains and green hills , fanned by the breezes of early spring , I named this ...
No exploring expedition had as yet shown the way to country so full of hope ; and there was joy in his heart when he wrote : " After returning over flowing plains and green hills , fanned by the breezes of early spring , I named this ...
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But of New Caledonia he wrote : " Nature has been less bountiful to it than to any other tropical island we know in this sea " , 1 and British occupation had not been attempted . In 1842 Gipps , forwarding a proposal for a settlement ...
But of New Caledonia he wrote : " Nature has been less bountiful to it than to any other tropical island we know in this sea " , 1 and British occupation had not been attempted . In 1842 Gipps , forwarding a proposal for a settlement ...
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