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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... sailors, histories of the shipping companies emphasise their great achievements. A history of Shaw Savill, for instance, cited the company's claim that the steerage quarters of one of its ships were fitted up in 'a style of the greatest ...
... sailors, histories of the shipping companies emphasise their great achievements. A history of Shaw Savill, for instance, cited the company's claim that the steerage quarters of one of its ships were fitted up in 'a style of the greatest ...
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... sailor'.17 So much for the slow, graceful ways of the old sailors and their ships. Moreover, the rosy picture of the shipping companies providing excellent service does not always accord with the record. Contemporary accounts are full ...
... sailor'.17 So much for the slow, graceful ways of the old sailors and their ships. Moreover, the rosy picture of the shipping companies providing excellent service does not always accord with the record. Contemporary accounts are full ...
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... sailor signed on just the day before and in traditional style the newly assembled crew partied all night with wives, sweethearts and a motley crowd including their boarding-house keepers. When they arrived at the docks everyone was ...
... sailor signed on just the day before and in traditional style the newly assembled crew partied all night with wives, sweethearts and a motley crowd including their boarding-house keepers. When they arrived at the docks everyone was ...
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... sailors were singing when working with the sails they are a jolly lot,' wrote Catherine Parnell, perhaps reading in the sailors' mood something of her own joy at finally leaving.57 In fact, there was a far more prosaic reason for the ...
... sailors were singing when working with the sails they are a jolly lot,' wrote Catherine Parnell, perhaps reading in the sailors' mood something of her own joy at finally leaving.57 In fact, there was a far more prosaic reason for the ...
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... sailors rushing about and the captain barking orders which were echoed down a chain of command and along the deck as each man signalled that he had heard and understood: ready about, helms 'a lee, raise tacks and sheets, maintopsail ...
... sailors rushing about and the captain barking orders which were echoed down a chain of command and along the deck as each man signalled that he had heard and understood: ready about, helms 'a lee, raise tacks and sheets, maintopsail ...
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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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