The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 63
... Port Jackson , which was marked upon Cook's chart to the northward of Botany Bay . Cook had never entered the harbour ; he had noted the entrance from a distance of between two and three miles , and named it after an Admiralty official ...
... Port Jackson , which was marked upon Cook's chart to the northward of Botany Bay . Cook had never entered the harbour ; he had noted the entrance from a distance of between two and three miles , and named it after an Admiralty official ...
Page 82
... Port Jackson would be very easy " , since the English had neglected every means of defence . It would be possible to make a descent through Broken Bay , or even through the port of Sydney itself . The south shore of the harbour was ...
... Port Jackson would be very easy " , since the English had neglected every means of defence . It would be possible to make a descent through Broken Bay , or even through the port of Sydney itself . The south shore of the harbour was ...
Page 97
... Port Jackson , and if Napoleon had been able to send to him the 10,000 men promised in 1804 , a fraction of that force would have sufficed to destroy the colonies in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land , leaving sufficient troops ...
... Port Jackson , and if Napoleon had been able to send to him the 10,000 men promised in 1804 , a fraction of that force would have sufficed to destroy the colonies in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land , leaving sufficient troops ...
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