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Hell Ship : the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history /
For more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch's family: the story of the Ticonderoga, a clipper ship that sailed from Liverpool in August 1852, crammed with poor but hopeful emigrants-mostly Scottish victims of the Clearances and the potato famine. A bet...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Crows Nest, NSW, Australia :
Allen & Unwin,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Also By; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 1: A lonely beach; 2: Birkenhead; 3: Wakefield and 'the Board'; 4: Australia 1851: Gold versus wool; 5: The Scots; 6: The age of the clippers; 7: The Ticonderoga; 8: Emigrants and numbers; 9: Departure; 10: Clearances and famine: The tragedy of the Highlands; 11: Life at sea; 12: Death at sea; 13: A lonely encounter; 14: The Great Circle; 15: Surgeons at sea; 16: The first cases; 17: Typhus takes hold; 18: The box with the dull pink ribbon; 19: The Southern Ocean; 20: Hell Ship; 21: Arrival; 22: Protecting the colony
- 23: A colonial crisis24: The Lysander; 25: Quarantine and outrage; 26: A Christmas escape; 27: A visit from the Governor; 28: The last journey; 29: The Maitland; 20: Life goes on; 31: The aftermath; Epilogue; Pic section; Acknowledgements; A note on sources; Notes; Bibliography