Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870–1885Auckland University Press, 01 հոկ, 2013 թ. - 240 էջ Drawing upon more than 80 personal diaries and journals of those on board, this resource explores the rich experience and the trials and tribulations of hopeful Anglo-Celtic pilgrims headed to Australia and New Zealand aboard migrant ships in the late 19th century. From daily routines to matters of food, health, religion, crime, and mutiny, this history unearths the humor, scandal, and personal triumph that defined the nautical pilgrimage of hundreds. |
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... Scimitar and the Westland, both of which figure in this story.13 Paradoxically, he also wanted to remind readers about the good old days when life was slower and more graceful. He aimed to appeal not just to the nostalgia of the first ...
... Scimitar and the Westland, both of which figure in this story.13 Paradoxically, he also wanted to remind readers about the good old days when life was slower and more graceful. He aimed to appeal not just to the nostalgia of the first ...
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... Scimitar in 1874.2 William Hosking was appointed surgeon-superintendent of the Scimitar just before Christmas the preceding year in the middle of an especially bleak English winter. The temperature was 15 degrees Fahrenheit below ...
... Scimitar in 1874.2 William Hosking was appointed surgeon-superintendent of the Scimitar just before Christmas the preceding year in the middle of an especially bleak English winter. The temperature was 15 degrees Fahrenheit below ...
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... Scimitar could carry more than 400 passengers as well as between 30 and 40 crew. The company's steamers were even bigger: the Atrato had 762 passengers on its voyage to Port Chalmers and Lyttelton in 1874. At the other end of the scale ...
... Scimitar could carry more than 400 passengers as well as between 30 and 40 crew. The company's steamers were even bigger: the Atrato had 762 passengers on its voyage to Port Chalmers and Lyttelton in 1874. At the other end of the scale ...
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... Scimitar in 1873, for instance, there is no precise record of how long it took to examine the 430 passengers, but Hosking said it was 'several hours' from noon.44 If that phrase is generously interpreted as meaning 5 hours, the average ...
... Scimitar in 1873, for instance, there is no precise record of how long it took to examine the 430 passengers, but Hosking said it was 'several hours' from noon.44 If that phrase is generously interpreted as meaning 5 hours, the average ...
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... Scimitar RC in June 1874. Witnesses were Hosking, Captain Fox, seven migrants from the Scimitar, Dr. Mary Dobie's last lingering look back at London preserved in watercolours. COURTESY OF THE DRAKE BROCKMAN FAMILY The Dallam Tower's ...
... Scimitar RC in June 1874. Witnesses were Hosking, Captain Fox, seven migrants from the Scimitar, Dr. Mary Dobie's last lingering look back at London preserved in watercolours. COURTESY OF THE DRAKE BROCKMAN FAMILY The Dallam Tower's ...
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Enemies easily made | |
Disorder crime and punishment | |
Mutinies and Hyde Park meetings | |
The virgins cage | |
Birth death and the doctor | |
Land fever | |
So here ends my journey | |
Bibliography | |
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Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885 David Hastings Հատվածի դիտում - 2006 |
Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885 David Hastings Հատվածի դիտում - 2006 |
Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885 David Hastings Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2013 |
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