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Nugae Australes : No. III : Botany Bay - Point de la Perouse single work   poetry   "Waters of name which distant nations brand"
Issue Details: First known date: 1825... 1825 Nugae Australes : No. III : Botany Bay - Point de la Perouse
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Notes

  • Author's note: The last dispatches of de la Perouse, dated Botany Bay, Feb. 7, 1788, contain the following passages: I shall again make a run to the Friendly Islands, and I shall strictly perform every thing that has been enjoined me by my instructions. Towards the latter end of July, 1780, I shall pass between New Guinea and New Holland by a different channel than Endeavour Strait, provided such a one exist. During the month of September and a part of October, I shall visit the Gulf of Carpentaria, and all the west coast of New Holland as far as Van Diemen's Land, but yet in such a manner that it may be possible for me to get to the northward in time to arrive at the Isle of France in the beginning of December 1788.'

    It is needless to add that this important navigator has never been heard of since he sailed from Botany Bay.

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    y separately published work icon The Australian no. 31 12 May 1825 Z1838479 1825 newspaper issue 1825 pg. 3
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