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  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789)

    by Arthur Phillip ...
    ANECDOTES OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP. Being designed for a seafaring life, he was very properly sent to the school of Greenwich, where he received an education suitable to his early propensities. At the age of sixteen, he began his maritime career, under the deceased Captain Michael Everet of the navy, at the commencement of hostilities, in 1755: and at the same time that he learned the rudiments of his ... Read more

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  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

    by Arthur Phillip ...
    "The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay" is a significant historical account written by Arthur Phillip, who was the first Governor of New South Wales. This book chronicles the journey of the First Fleet, which set sail from England to establish a penal colony in Australia. Phillip's detailed observations provide insight into the challenges faced during the voyage, including navigation ... Read more

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  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay (Illustrated)

    by Arthur Phillip ...
    “An expedition occasioned by motives of legislative policy, carried on by public authority, and concluded by a fixed establishment in a country very remote, not only excites an unusual interest concerning the fate of those sent out, but promises to lead us to some points of knowledge which, by the former mode, however judiciously employed, could not have been attained. A transient visit to the ... Read more

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  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, with an account of the establishment of colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island

    by Arthur Phillip ...
    First published in 1789. "Arthur Phillip is one of those officers, who, like Drake, Dampier, and Cook, has raised himself by his merit and his services, to distinction and command. His father was Jacob Phillip, a native of Frankfort, in Germany, who having settled in England, maintained his family and educated his son by teaching the languages. His mother was Elizabeth Breach, who married for her ... Read more

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  • Cold Rivals

    The New Era of US-China Strategic Competition

    by Evan S. Medeiros, Richard K. Betts, Harry Harding, Wang Jisi, Wu Xinbo, Elizabeth Economy, Phillip C. Saunders, Li Chen, James Mulvenon, Paul Triolo0, Helen Toner1, David Edelstein2, David Shambaugh3, Arthur R. Kroeber4 ...
    Leading authorities analyze growing tensions in US-China relations and what this means for the futureThe US-China relationship is now defined by “strategic competition.” In Cold Rivals, a distinguished group of scholars from the United States and China examine the reasons for this deterioration and its implications for world politics.The two countries are now competitors locked in a long-term ... Read more

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  • Improving Mathematics at Work

    The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies

    by Celia Hoyles, Richard Noss, Phillip Kent, Arthur Bakker ...
    Series series Improving Learning
    Improving Mathematics at Work questions the mathematical knowledge and skills that matter in the twenty-first century world of work, and studies how the use of mathematics in the workplace is evolving in the rapidly-changing context of new technologies and globalisation. Through a series of case studies from the manufacturing and financial service sectors, the authors argue that there has been a ... Read more

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  • The Australian Exploration Anthology

    Texts from William Dampier, Capt. Cook, Matthew Flinders, John Macdouall Stuart, John McKinlay, William Wills

    by William Dampier, Captain. James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McKinlay, William Wills, John McDouall Stuart ...
    The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills.This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia by the European newcomers who arrived at the last great habitable continent to be discovered. This ... Read more

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  • A Voyage to Terra Australis Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, volume 1 of 2

    by Matthew Flinders ...
    First published in 1814. "The publication in 1814 of a voyage commenced in 1801, and of which all the essential parts were concluded within three years, requires some explanation. Shipwreck and a long imprisonment prevented my arrival in England until the latter end of 1810; much had then been done to forward the account, and the charts in particular were nearly prepared for the engraver; but it ... Read more

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  • The Voyages of Captain James Cook

    The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Voyages

    by James Cook, John Hawkesworth, Georg Forster, James King ...
    The first-ever illustrated account of the explorer and cartographer's epic eighteenth-century Pacific voyages, complete with excerpts from his journals.This is history's greatest adventure story. In 1766, the Royal Society chose prodigal mapmaker and navigator James Cook to lead a South Pacific voyage. His orders were to chart the path of Venus across the sun. That task completed, his ship, the ... Read more

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  • The English Colony in New South Wales (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Narrative of the British First Settlement in Australia 1788-1801

    by David Collins, Maren Fairbourne ...
    David Collins's The English Colony in New South Wales (Vol. 1 & 2) is among the foundational narratives of British Australia, combining official chronicle, legal record, ethnographic observation, and natural-historical description. Written in a measured, documentary prose characteristic of late Enlightenment travel and colonial writing, it records the precarious establishment of the penal ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs Jardine

    Enriched edition. From Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland

    by Alexander, Frank Jardine, Evan Fairchild ...
    The 'Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs Jardine' offers readers an enthralling journey through the landscapes of historical exploration literature, capturing the indomitable spirit of adventure that characterized 19th-century expeditions. This anthology encapsulates the rigors and triumphs encountered during arduous treks through untamed terrains, as vividly documented by its ... Read more

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  • The History of New South Wales

    Exploring the Birth of a Nation: Colonial Australia Through Convict Eyes

    by George Barrington ...
    In "The History of New South Wales," George Barrington presents a compelling narrative of the early colonial experience in Australia, deftly blending personal observations with broader historical accounts. As a former convict turned author, Barrington'Äôs prose is characterized by a vivid and engaging style that captures the complexities of frontier life, indigenous interactions, and the ... Read more

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