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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... took about four weeks in a sailing ship. More importantly, although the migration flow was a trickle compared with North America's, to New Zealand it was a population tsunami. Vogel's large measures ushered in a 15-year period during ...
... took about four weeks in a sailing ship. More importantly, although the migration flow was a trickle compared with North America's, to New Zealand it was a population tsunami. Vogel's large measures ushered in a 15-year period during ...
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... took to cross the Atlantic. The average number of people on each ship, which ranged from about 750 to 1500 tons and from 210 to 240 feet in length, was 340. They made the journey during another great transition in history, from one ...
... took to cross the Atlantic. The average number of people on each ship, which ranged from about 750 to 1500 tons and from 210 to 240 feet in length, was 340. They made the journey during another great transition in history, from one ...
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... took their contract tickets and the board doctor, observed by the ship's surgeon, checked them for any signs of fever or rashes. Despite its obvious benefit, many migrants regarded the examination with. A moment worthy of the Goons ...
... took their contract tickets and the board doctor, observed by the ship's surgeon, checked them for any signs of fever or rashes. Despite its obvious benefit, many migrants regarded the examination with. A moment worthy of the Goons ...
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... 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 time for examining each passenger would have been all of 41 seconds ...
... 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 time for examining each passenger would have been all of 41 seconds ...
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... took the Pirie family on the Somersetshire even longer. James Pirie wrote that it was several days before his wife, Minna, imposed order on the awful confusion, to 'put things handy' in their first-class cabin.54 As part of the process ...
... took the Pirie family on the Somersetshire even longer. James Pirie wrote that it was several days before his wife, Minna, imposed order on the awful confusion, to 'put things handy' in their first-class cabin.54 As part of the process ...
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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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