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Author Hastings, David, 1952- author.

Title Over the mountains of the sea : life on the migrant ships, 1870-1885 / David Hastings
Published Auckland, N.Z : Auckland University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 294 pages) : illustrations
Contents A great wrench at the heart -- The mountains of the sea -- A time to every purpose -- Enemies easily made -- Disorder, crime and punishment -- Mutinies and Hyde Park meetings -- The virgins' cage -- Birth, death and the doctor -- Land fever -- So here ends my journey
Summary Drawing upon more than 80 personal diaries and journals of those on board, this resource explores the rich experience and the trials and tribulations of hopeful Anglo-Celtic pilgrims headed to Australia and New Zealand aboard migrant ships in the late 19th century. From daily routines to matters of food, health, religion, crime, and mutiny, this history unearths the humor, scandal, and personal triumph that defined the nautical pilgrimage of hundreds
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-288) and index
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Subject Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Ocean travel -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants -- Social conditions
Ocean travel
Britischer Einwanderer
Alltag
Schiff
SUBJECT New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
Subject Great Britain
New Zealand
Neuseeland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006494214
ISBN 9781775581352
1775581357
9781775586005
1775586006
9781869405212
1869405218