The First Fleet
Download or Read eBook The First Fleet PDF written by Rob Mundle and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Rob Mundle |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins Australia |
| Total Pages | : 429 |
| Release | : 2014-10-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781460700624 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1460700627 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The First Fleet by : Rob Mundle
Book excerpt: A biography of unprecedented expedition under sail The role of the sailor through history should never be underestimated. Over centuries battles were won and new lands discovered and settled by their skills and nerve. Rob Mundle is back on the ocean to tell one of the great stories of an expedition under sail: the extraordinary eight-month, 17-000-nautical mile voyage of the First Fleet. With customary sweep and swell, Mundle puts you alongside 48-year-old Captain Arthur Phillip on the quarterdeck of the Royal Navy escort, HMS Sirius, as he commands his small armada of 11 ships, carrying over 1420 men, women and children, to the other side of the world.
