| Main Title: |
A merciless place : the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia / Emma Christopher. |
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| Author: |
Christopher, Emma, 1971-
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| Imprint: |
Allen & Unwin, 2010. |
| Collation: |
448 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., maps, pbk, 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
In this book, the author has found the 'missing link' between the American Revolution and The Fatal Shore, and tells the extraordinary story - lost for two centuries - of how a failed British attempt to establish a penal colony in West Africa led to their eventual decision to abandon their African plans and establish a new colony in the recently discovered colony known as New South Wales. |
| Subject: |
Convicts
Land settlement
Colonization
Africa
New South Wales
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| ISBN: |
9781742372273 (pbk.) 1742372279 (pbk.) |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-427) and index.
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