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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... looked to Emilie Letts's eye like a range of volcanoes throwing out foamy lava, as white as snow. Taken together, Letts, Gray and the other diarists amount to what one historian calls 'a cloud of witnesses to tell us what it was like to ...
... looked to Emilie Letts's eye like a range of volcanoes throwing out foamy lava, as white as snow. Taken together, Letts, Gray and the other diarists amount to what one historian calls 'a cloud of witnesses to tell us what it was like to ...
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... looked like a great albatross wheeling on the wind. To the migrants on board it looked and sounded like chaos, with ropes flying, sails flapping, sailors rushing about and the captain barking orders which were echoed down a chain of ...
... looked like a great albatross wheeling on the wind. To the migrants on board it looked and sounded like chaos, with ropes flying, sails flapping, sailors rushing about and the captain barking orders which were echoed down a chain of ...
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... looked forward to the glories of the south and wondered where the horrors of the sea had gone. It all seemed more like a holiday excursion than a voyage to the other side of the world.22 Two sailor customs in the third phase helped to ...
... looked forward to the glories of the south and wondered where the horrors of the sea had gone. It all seemed more like a holiday excursion than a voyage to the other side of the world.22 Two sailor customs in the third phase helped to ...
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... She rushed on deck with everyone else to see what looked like a rock of greenish crystal about 14 miles away. The captain estimated the iceberg was higher than the May Queen's mast yet Dobie clearly saw the spray breaking over.
... She rushed on deck with everyone else to see what looked like a rock of greenish crystal about 14 miles away. The captain estimated the iceberg was higher than the May Queen's mast yet Dobie clearly saw the spray breaking over.
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... looked harmless but she knew that what they concealed beneath the water could sink an unwary ship.39 Some of the migrants regarded the cold as a blessed relief. Even when it snowed heavily they could not restrain their delight. Jane ...
... looked harmless but she knew that what they concealed beneath the water could sink an unwary ship.39 Some of the migrants regarded the cold as a blessed relief. Even when it snowed heavily they could not restrain their delight. Jane ...
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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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