A Voyage Round the World, in the Gorgon Man of War
Author: Mary Ann Parker
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Published: 1795
Total Pages: 186
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Author: Mary Ann Parker
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Published: 1795
Total Pages: 186
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tim Fulford
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-12-16
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1000559939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of work that attempts to reflect the diversity of travel literature from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This literature often reveals something of the cultural and gender difference of the travellers, as well as ideas on colonialism, anthropology and slavery.
Author: Royal Commonwealth Society. Library
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Published: 1886
Total Pages: 242
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tim Causer
Publisher: UCL Press
Published: 2017-06-07
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1911576828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmong the vast body of manuscripts composed and collected by the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), held by UCL Library’s Special Collections, is the earliest Australian convict narrative, Memorandoms by James Martin. This document also happens to be the only extant first-hand account of the most well-known, and most mythologized, escape from Australia by transported convicts. On the night of 28 March 1791, James Martin, William and Mary Bryant and their two infant children, and six other male convicts, stole the colony’s fishing boat and sailed out of Sydney Harbour. Within ten weeks they had reached Kupang in West Timor, having, in an amazing feat of endurance, travelled over 3,000 miles (c. 5,000) kilometres) in an open boat. There they passed themselves off as the survivors of a shipwreck, a ruse which—initially, at least—fooled their Dutch hosts. This new edition of the Memorandoms includes full colour reproductions of the original manuscripts, making available for the first time this hugely important document, alongside a transcript with commentary describing the events and key characters. The book also features a scholarly introduction which examines their escape and early convict absconding in New South Wales more generally, and, drawing on primary records, presents new research which sheds light on the fate of the escapees after they reached Kupang. The introduction also assesses the voluminous literature on this most famous escape, and critically examines the myths and fictions created around it and the escapees, myths which have gone unchallenged for far too long. Finally, the introduction briefly discusses Jeremy Bentham’s views on convict transportation and their enduring impact.
Author: Royal Empire Society. Library
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 1102
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 718
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Caroline Alexander
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004-05-25
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 1440627517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Caroline Alexander shatters the centuries-old myths surrounding this story. She brilliantly shows how, in a desperate attempt to save one man from the gallows and another from ignominy, two powerful families came together and began to create the version of history we know today. The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty is an epic of duty and heroism, pride and power, and the assassination of a brave man’s honor at the dawn of the Romantic age.
Author: Edward Riou
Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society, The
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780620144551
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Public Library of New South Wales
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 1284
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 1280
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