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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... 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 convenient and best to answer the intentions of ...
... 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 convenient and best to answer the intentions of ...
Page 135
... wrote : " After returning over flowing plains and green hills , fanned by the breezes of early spring , I named this region ' Australia Felix ' , the better to distinguish it from the parched deserts of the in- terior country , where we ...
... wrote : " After returning over flowing plains and green hills , fanned by the breezes of early spring , I named this region ' Australia Felix ' , the better to distinguish it from the parched deserts of the in- terior country , where we ...
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... 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 there , wrote : " The ...
... 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 there , wrote : " The ...
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