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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... wife, Clarissa, who has been steadfastly encouraging throughout even though at times it must have seemed like living with Mr Casaubon. Introduction In June 1870 the young and ambitious New Zealand Title Page Dedication Acknowledgements.
... wife, Clarissa, who has been steadfastly encouraging throughout even though at times it must have seemed like living with Mr Casaubon. Introduction In June 1870 the young and ambitious New Zealand Title Page Dedication Acknowledgements.
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... young and ambitious New Zealand treasurer, Julius Vogel, outlined to Parliament his plan to revive the colony's flagging economy. Everyone expected him to include some form of government-assisted immigration and public works but they ...
... young and ambitious New Zealand treasurer, Julius Vogel, outlined to Parliament his plan to revive the colony's flagging economy. Everyone expected him to include some form of government-assisted immigration and public works but they ...
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... young woman travelling alone broke down at the moment of leaving her father. Fearing his presence would encourage her to change her mind, colonial officials had him forcibly evicted.10 Like Fowler, the young woman felt the great wrench ...
... young woman travelling alone broke down at the moment of leaving her father. Fearing his presence would encourage her to change her mind, colonial officials had him forcibly evicted.10 Like Fowler, the young woman felt the great wrench ...
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... young couple eloping and a man who had heard it was easier to get a divorce in New Zealand than in Germany.21 Still others booked their passage because they had been disgraced in some way. Major James Pirie on the Somersetshire had ...
... young couple eloping and a man who had heard it was easier to get a divorce in New Zealand than in Germany.21 Still others booked their passage because they had been disgraced in some way. Major James Pirie on the Somersetshire had ...
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... young swell by the name of Henry Dixon had come on board at Gravesend to farewell them. As he walked down the gangway afterwards waving goodbye, he failed to notice there was no boat at the bottom and so stepped straight into the muddy ...
... young swell by the name of Henry Dixon had come on board at Gravesend to farewell them. As he walked down the gangway afterwards waving goodbye, he failed to notice there was no boat at the bottom and so stepped straight into the muddy ...
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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 |
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Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885 David Hastings Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2013 |
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