Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885Auckland University Press, 2006 - 294 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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... Munro presumably for literary effect and to hide the more prosaic qualities of the real skipper , a former ship's carpenter called Kerr . The low point of Kerr's career came three years after Munro's maiden voyage , when he missed stays ...
... Munro presumably for literary effect and to hide the more prosaic qualities of the real skipper , a former ship's carpenter called Kerr . The low point of Kerr's career came three years after Munro's maiden voyage , when he missed stays ...
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... Munro began his seafaring life at the age of fourteen as an apprentice to Patrick Henderson & Co. , a firm running migrant ships to New Zealand . It was the start of a long career packed with dazzling adventures for Munro , who became a ...
... Munro began his seafaring life at the age of fourteen as an apprentice to Patrick Henderson & Co. , a firm running migrant ships to New Zealand . It was the start of a long career packed with dazzling adventures for Munro , who became a ...
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... Munro was third mate of the Oamaru , the antics of sailors turned ghoulish . The ship was loading frozen meat at the same time as a small vessel berthed nearby was collecting the bodies of dead Chinese to be transported home for burial ...
... Munro was third mate of the Oamaru , the antics of sailors turned ghoulish . The ship was loading frozen meat at the same time as a small vessel berthed nearby was collecting the bodies of dead Chinese to be transported home for burial ...
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A great wrench at the heart | 16 |
The mountains of the sea | 43 |
A time to every purpose | 73 |
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