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William Dawes: Practical Astronomy on the "First Fleet" from England to Australia
Richard de Grijs, Andrew P. Jacob
On 13 May 1787, a convict fleet of 11 ships left Portsmouth, England, on a 24,000 km, 8-month-long voyage to New South Wales. The voyage would take the "First Fleet" under Captain…
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Sydney's Scientific Beginnings: William Dawes' Observatories in Context
Richard de Grijs, Andrew P. Jacob
The voyage of the "First Fleet" from Britain to the new colony of New South Wales was not only a military enterprise, it also had a distinct scientific purpose. Britain's fifth Ast…