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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No- where in Australia is there a range comparable with this fine series of mountains in New Guinea . Only in the south - east does a similar " earth buckle " rise many thousand feet above the sea , viz . from the New Zealand Alps which ...
No- where in Australia is there a range comparable with this fine series of mountains in New Guinea . Only in the south - east does a similar " earth buckle " rise many thousand feet above the sea , viz . from the New Zealand Alps which ...
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In 1813 Captain David Porter of the U.S.A. frigate Essex brought his ship round the Horn into the Pacific and commenced a series of raids on British commerce .
In 1813 Captain David Porter of the U.S.A. frigate Essex brought his ship round the Horn into the Pacific and commenced a series of raids on British commerce .
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2 See report by Hovell , W. H. , to Darling , 27 March , 1827 , in H.R.A. series III , vol . v , p . 859 : " Nor can I conclude without expressing my regret that similar excursions had not been made on the occasion of the settling of ...
2 See report by Hovell , W. H. , to Darling , 27 March , 1827 , in H.R.A. series III , vol . v , p . 859 : " Nor can I conclude without expressing my regret that similar excursions had not been made on the occasion of the settling of ...
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