Australia's First Fleet: The Voyage And The Re-Enactment 1788/1988
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
In the grandest maritime undertaking of the eighteenth century, eleven vessels departed Portsmouth in May 1787, carrying over a thousand souls — convicts, marines, and free settlers alike — to forge a new civilisation on the far edge of the known world. Australia's First Fleet: The Voyage and the Re-Enactment 1788/1988 chronicles both that legendary original journey and its spectacular 1988 bicentennial re-enactment, in which tall ships retraced those historic sea lanes to commemorate the founding of modern Australia. Rich with navigational detail, personal accounts, and vivid imagery, this volume captures the extraordinary courage and hardship that defined one of history's most consequential ocean voyages. Published to coincide with Australia's Bicentenary celebrations, this landmark work stands as both a historical document and a tribute to the enduring spirit of those who shaped a nation. The narrative weaves together the dangers of the open ocean, the politics of empire, and the human drama of displacement and survival, drawing on primary sources and period accounts to paint an authoritative portrait of an era. A compellingly visual and scholarly commemoration, it leaves the reader to ponder how profoundly those eleven small ships irrevocably altered the course of an entire continent's destiny.
Author: -
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
In the grandest maritime undertaking of the eighteenth century, eleven vessels departed Portsmouth in May 1787, carrying over a thousand souls — convicts, marines, and free settlers alike — to forge a new civilisation on the far edge of the known world. Australia's First Fleet: The Voyage and the Re-Enactment 1788/1988 chronicles both that legendary original journey and its spectacular 1988 bicentennial re-enactment, in which tall ships retraced those historic sea lanes to commemorate the founding of modern Australia. Rich with navigational detail, personal accounts, and vivid imagery, this volume captures the extraordinary courage and hardship that defined one of history's most consequential ocean voyages. Published to coincide with Australia's Bicentenary celebrations, this landmark work stands as both a historical document and a tribute to the enduring spirit of those who shaped a nation. The narrative weaves together the dangers of the open ocean, the politics of empire, and the human drama of displacement and survival, drawing on primary sources and period accounts to paint an authoritative portrait of an era. A compellingly visual and scholarly commemoration, it leaves the reader to ponder how profoundly those eleven small ships irrevocably altered the course of an entire continent's destiny.