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Wotz @ A Trip to MONA Hobart Tasmania Australia

A boat trip along the Derwent river in Hobart Tasmania is a delightful start to a visit to MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) in Australia.

TVT 6: Tasman Bridge Disaster, 1975

On Sunday evening 5th of January 1975, the bulk ore ship Lake Illawarra hit the Tasman Bridge whilst moving up-stream to the EZ works. Within a minute three spans of the bridge collapsed onto the ship causing it to sink. Seven crewmen died and 5 motorists drove off the edge of the bridge into the River.

TRUE NORTH TV - Sail Away with Skip Lissiman

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The 630 nautical mile (1,167 km) Sydney to Hobart is one of the world’s great ocean yacht races. The yachts and crew are world class and adding to the draw card – the race begins on one of the world’s most beautiful harbours.

The yacht that crosses the finish line first (line honours) normally attracts the headlines but the Tattersall Cup (handicap honours) is the real Holy Grail for the sailing community.

Line honours are almost always taken out by the largest vessels in the field – the maxi yachts. There are usually only 3 or 4 maxis in a race. They can be up to 100 feet long with a crew of 20 or more and, they can reach speeds up to 35 knots. Vessels competing for the Tattersall Cup average 50 feet in length and operate with just 12 crew.

As technology advances the time it takes to sail from Sydney to Hobart’s Constitution Dock decreases. When the race first began in 1945 it took six days and 14 hours for the first yacht to cross the finish line. In 2017, a technicality ruled that American maxi-yacht Comanche was the line honours winner ahead of Wild Oates XI in a staggering time of 1 day and 9 hours. Ichi Ban took home the Tattersall Cup.

Will Wild Oates XI add 2018 to its record number of wins or will Comanche grab line honours for the second year running? And can Ichi Ban bring home consecutive Tattersalls?

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As always the TRUE NORTH will again be in prime position to watch the start of the race - the ‘race inside a race’ to be the first out of the harbour. The start is always chaotic but this year our guests will be navigated through the pandemonium by master yachtsman Skip Lissiman.

Even before the start of the race Skip will escort guests around Rushcutters Bay where the yacht crews will be making final preparations. Skip will then explain the strategic positioning of each yacht as crews vie for the confidence boost that comes with rounding into open water ahead of the rest and, Skip will also provide continuous updates on the race progress as everyone on-board the TRUE NORTH indulges in their very own Sydney Rocks Blue Water Classic.

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West Australian Skip Lissiman was the port trim on Australia II during the 1983 America’s Cup - the yacht that broke the longest ever winning streak in sporting history.

The 63-foot Australia II, skippered by John Bertrand, defeated Dennis Conner’s Liberty in Rhode Island, the first such defeat in 132 years and a result that caused Australia’s then Prime Minister Bob Hawke to announce a national Public Holiday. The yacht’s controversial winged keel was kept hidden from competitors resulting in a psychological advantage and ultimately the win of all wins, the impact of which didn’t really hit home for the crew until they returned to Perth with the ‘Auld Mug’ – the first time the trophy had left the U.S! Skip and his fellow crew members were even awarded the Order of Australia for their services to sailing.

Back in Australian waters, Skip participated in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race six times, including taking line honours in 1990 aboard Alan Bond’s Drumbeat.

He has been the Executive Officer of Swan River Sailing, Chair of the Warren Jones Regatta and competed-in and organised numerous esteemed sailing events.

Nowadays Skip has retired from professional racing but he is still lending his experience and knowledge to upcoming sailing talent. In 2016 he became Chair of Australian Sailing’s Youth Advisory Panel. Skip is also a board member of Australian Sailing - the governing body of the sport of sailing in Australia.

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Click on the play button above to listen to Skip Lissiman as he wanders through Fremantle’s Maritime Museum. Hear about how a boy from the bush fell in love with sailing and about what it takes to win the Sydney to Hobart.

And then don’t miss the opportunity to join Skip on the mighty TRUE NORTH – book now for the 2018 Sydney Rocks Blue Water Classic!

Tasman Cruise at Tasman Peninsula Part 1-5-Tasman Arch.wmv

A tour by cruise, overlooking the highest sea cliff of the Southern Hemisphere, the old Triassic Period stone, the seals, birds and the super bluish sea water! A great tour! GREAT SCENE can be seen at Cape Hauy, Cape Pillar, Cape Raoul, Tasman Arch, Devil's Kitchen, Eagle Hawkneck....and SEALS!! However, it is a shame that we was unable to spot some whales and dolphins.

Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie; /tæzˈmeɪniə/) is an island state, part of the Commonwealth of Australia, located 240 kilometres (150 mi) to the south of the Australian continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania, the 26th largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of 507,626 (as of June 2010), of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart precinct. Tasmania's area is 68,401 square kilometres (26,410 sq mi), of which the main island covers 64,519 square kilometres (24,911 sq mi).
Tasmania is promoted as the natural state, and A World Apart, Not A World Away owing to its large and relatively unspoiled natural environment. Almost 45% of Tasmania lies in reserves, national parks and World Heritage Sites. The island is 364 kilometres (226 mi) long from its northernmost to its southernmost points, and 306 kilometres (190 mi) from east to west.


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Tasmania (; abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km (150 mi) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of around 526,700 as of March 2018. Just over forty percent of the population resides in the Greater Hobart precinct, which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city, Hobart.Tasmania's area is 68,401 km2 (26,410 sq mi), of which the main island covers 64,519 km2 (24,911 sq mi). It is promoted as a natural state, and protected areas of Tasmania cover about 42% of its land area, which includes national parks and World Heritage Sites. Tasmania was the founding place of the first environmental party in the world.Due to an administrative quirk caused by an early mapping error, the state of Tasmania shares a tiny land border with the state of Victoria. This 85 metres (279 ft) line bisects Boundary Islet, a nature reserve in the Bass Strait, separating the northernmost land governed by Tasmania from the southernmost land governed by Victoria. The Bishop and Clerk Islets, about 37 km south of Macquarie Island, are the southernmost terrestrial point of the state of Tasmania, and the southernmost internationally recognised land in Australia. About 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) south of Tasmania island lies Antarctica, which is nearer than areas in the northern Australian mainland.
The island is believed to have been occupied by indigenous peoples for 30,000 years before British colonisation. It is thought Aboriginal Tasmanians were separated from the mainland Aboriginal groups about 10,000 years ago when the sea rose to form the Bass Strait. The Aboriginal population was estimated to have been between 3,000 and 7,000 at the time of colonisation, but was almost wiped out within 30 years by a combination of violent guerrilla conflict with settlers known as the Black War, intertribal conflict, and from the late 1820s, the spread of infectious diseases to which they had no immunity. The conflict, which peaked between 1825 and 1831 and led to more than three years of martial law, cost the lives of almost 1100 Aboriginals and settlers. The near-destruction of Tasmania's Aboriginal population has been described by some historians as an act of genocide by the British.
The island was permanently settled by Europeans in 1803 as a penal settlement of the British Empire to prevent claims to the land by the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars; around 75,000 convicts were sent to Van Diemen's Land before transportation ceased in 1853. The island was initially part of the Colony of New South Wales but became a separate, self-governing colony under the name Van Diemen's Land (named after Anthony van Diemen) in 1825. In 1854 the present Constitution of Tasmania was passed and the following year the colony received permission to change its name to Tasmania. In 1901 it became a state through the process of the Federation of Australia.

New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, South Australia to the west, the Tasman Sea to the east and surrounds the whole of the Australian Capital Territory. New South Wales' capital city is Sydney, which is also the nation's most populous city. In June 2013, the estimated population of New South Wales was 7.4 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 4.67 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen.
The colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788. It originally comprised a larger area of the Australian mainland also including Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land. During the 19th century, large areas were separated to form the British colonies of Tasmania, South Australia, New Zealand, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory (1863).


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00:03:35 1 Early life and family
00:05:45 2 Civil War
00:05:55 2.1 Western Virginia and Antietam
00:09:27 2.2 Shenandoah Valley and promotion
00:13:59 3 Legal career and marriage
00:18:23 4 Rising politician 1877–1895
00:18:36 4.1 Spokesman for protection
00:23:25 4.2 Gerrymandering and defeat for re-election
00:26:15 4.3 Governor of Ohio (1892–1896)
00:31:29 5 Election of 1896
00:31:39 5.1 Obtaining the nomination
00:36:49 5.2 General election campaign
00:43:59 6 Presidency (1897–1901)
00:44:11 6.1 Inauguration and appointments
00:48:05 6.1.1 Cabinet
00:48:13 6.2 Cuba crisis and war with Spain
00:53:30 6.3 Peace and territorial gain
00:56:37 6.4 Expanding influence overseas
00:59:01 6.5 Tariffs and bimetallism
01:00:54 6.6 Civil rights
01:04:02 6.7 1900 election
01:07:36 6.8 Second term
01:08:28 6.9 Assassination
01:12:48 7 Funeral, memorials, and legacy
01:12:59 7.1 Funeral and resting place
01:15:19 7.2 Other memorials
01:17:08 7.3 Legacy and historical image
01:22:15 8 See also



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William McKinley (born William McKinley Jr.; January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term. During his presidency, McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry and kept the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of free silver (effectively, expansionary monetary policy).
McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War and the only one to have started the war as an enlisted soldier, beginning as a private in the Union Army and ending as a brevet major. After the war, he settled in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton. In 1876, he was elected to Congress, where he became the Republican Party's expert on the protective tariff, which he promised would bring prosperity. His 1890 McKinley Tariff was highly controversial, which together with a Democratic redistricting aimed at gerrymandering him out of office led to his defeat in the Democratic landslide of 1890. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893, steering a moderate course between capital and labor interests. With the aid of his close adviser Mark Hanna, he secured the Republican nomination for president in 1896 amid a deep economic depression. He defeated his Democratic rival William Jennings Bryan after a front porch campaign in which he advocated sound money (the gold standard unless altered by international agreement) and promised that high tariffs would restore prosperity.
Rapid economic growth marked McKinley's presidency. He promoted the 1897 Dingley Tariff to protect manufacturers and factory workers from foreign competition and in 1900 secured the passage of the Gold Standard Act. McKinley hoped to persuade Spain to grant independence to rebellious Cuba without conflict, but when negotiation failed he led the nation into the Spanish-American War of 1898. The United States victory was quick and decisive. As part of the peace settlement, Spain turned over to the United States its main overseas colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines while Cuba was promised independence, but at that time remained under the control of the United States Army. The United States annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii in 1898 and it became a United States territory.
Historians regard McKinley's 1896 victory as a realigning election in which the political stalemate of the post-Civil War era gave way to the Republican-dominated Fourth Party System, which began with the Progressive Era. McKinley defeated Bryan again in the 1900 presidential election in a campaign focused on imperialis ...

Invictus Games Sydney 2018: Day 2 - Sailing (Stream 2)

Sydney Harbour will provide a spectacular backdrop for the Invictus Games debut of sailing. Boats will sail from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia at Rushcutters Bay to Farm Cove.

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First Fleet

The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which left Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to found a penal colony that became the first European settlement in Australia. The fleet consisted of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports, carrying more than 1,000 convicts, marines and seamen, and a vast quantity of stores. From England, the Fleet sailed southwest to Rio de Janeiro, then east to Cape Town and via the Great Southern Ocean to Botany Bay, arriving in mid-January 1788, taking 250 to 252 days from departure to final arrival.


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Tasmania is an island state, part of the Commonwealth of Australia, located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania, the 26th largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart precinct. Tasmania's area is 68,401 square kilometres , of which the main island covers 64,519 square kilometres .

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Invictus Games Sydney 2018: Day 2 - Cycling (Stream 1)

Speed and skill will come to the fore on the picturesque Royal Botanic Garden course when our cyclists test themselves against the clock and each other.

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SHAKEDOWN 3 BROKEN BAY TO SYDNEY - MAN OVERBOARD ALARM! Sailing with Lucy S2 E5

We sail deep into Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, we install solar panels, modify our clears and perform our third shakedown sail from Broken Bay to Sydney, where we stay at Sugar Loaf Bay and Historical Bantry Bay before returning. Half way home a Man Overboard alarm goes off on our nav instruments...!

Italian conquest of British Somaliland | Wikipedia audio article

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The Italian conquest of British Somaliland was part of the East African Campaign (1940–1941), which took place in August 1940 between the metropolitan Italian, Eritrean and Somali forces of Fascist Italy and British, Commonwealth and Somali irregulars. The Italian expedition was intended to exploit mobility and speed but was hampered by the Somali terrain, rainy weather and the British defence of the colony, particularly at the Battle of Tug Argan (11–15 August).
Italian attacks had the advantage of artillery and the outnumbered British, Commonwealth and Imperial forces were gradually worn down and slowly outflanked until the remaining fortified hilltops were made vulnerable to being captured piecemeal. After the failure of a counter-attack towards the Mirgo Pass, the local commander, Major-General Reade Godwin-Austen had too few men to retrieve the situation and to guard an escape route and was given permission to retreat towards Berbera.
The British fought a rearguard action at Barkasan on 17 August and then retreated after dark but the improvised evacuation went better than expected and the second blocking position at Nasiyeh was also abandoned. The Italian advance was slowed by roads being swamped by the rains and the airstrip near Berbera being found to be garrisoned, making a coup de main impractical. The British defeat was controversial and caused a deterioration in relations between General Archibald Wavell, the theatre commander, his subordinates and the Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Tasman Sea to the east. The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. In March 2018, the population of New South Wales was over 7.9 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 5.1 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen.The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony also included the island territories of New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Island. During the 19th century, most of the colony's area was detached to form separate British colonies that eventually became New Zealand and the various states and territories of Australia. However, the Swan River Colony has never been administered as part of New South Wales.
Lord Howe Island remains part of New South Wales, while Norfolk Island has become a federal territory, as have the areas now known as the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis Bay Territory.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne | Part 1 of 2 | Audiobook with subtitles

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Version 3)
Jules VERNE , translated by F. P. WALTER
Originally published 1870, this recording is from the English translation by Frederick P. Walter, published 1991, containing the unabridged text from the original French and offered up into the public domain. It is considered to be the very first science fiction novel ever written, the first novel about the undersea world, and is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus, as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax - Summary by Michele Fry

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1:15 | Introduction
12:20 | 1-1. A Runaway Reef
29:22 | 1-2. The Pros and Cons
43:22 | 1-3. As Master Wishes
55:22 | 1-4. Ned Land
1:12:15 |1-5. At Random!
1:27:56 | 1-6. At Full Steam
1:48:13 |1-7. A Whale of Unknown Species
2:05:17 | 1-8. Mobilis in Mobili
2:24:49 | 1-9. The Tantrums of Ned Land
2:41:04 | 1-10. The Man Of The Waters
3:02:02 | 1-11. The Nautilus
3:21:39 |1-12. Everything through Electricity
3:38:19 | 1-13. Some Figures
3:55:10 |1-14. The Black Current
4:22:52 | 1-15. An Invitation in Writing
4:41:57 | 1-16. Strolling the Plains
4:57:14 | 1-17. An Underwater Forest
5:14:02 | 1-18. Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
5:34:33 | 1-19. Vanikoro
5:59:28 | 1-20. The Torres Strait
6:19:46 | 1-21. Some Days Ashore
6:44:41 | 1-22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo
7:09:26 |1-23. Aegri Somnia
7:29:58 | 1-24. The Coral Realm
7:49:50 | 2-1. The Indian Ocean

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00:00:38 1 Maritime exploration in the Age of Discovery
00:03:42 2 Maritime exploration in the Age of Enlightenment
00:06:33 2.1 Chronology of voyages
00:06:58 2.1.1 1735–39: French Geodesic Mission
00:09:11 2.1.2 1764–66: HMS iDolphin/i
00:10:22 2.1.3 1766–68: HMS iDolphin/i and HMS iSwallow/i
00:11:55 2.1.4 1766: HMS iNiger/i
00:12:41 2.1.5 1766–69: iLa Boudeuse/i and iL'Étoile/i
00:14:45 2.1.6 1768–71: HMS iEndeavour/i
00:17:06 2.1.7 1771–72: iIsle de France/i and iLe Nécessaire/i
00:17:51 2.1.8 1772: iSir Lawrence/i
00:18:25 2.1.9 1772–75: HMS iResolution/i and HMS iAdventure/i
00:19:44 2.1.10 1771–72: iLa Fortune/i and iLe Gros-Ventre/i
00:20:13 2.1.11 1773–74: iLe Roland/i and iL'Oiseau/i
00:20:46 2.1.12 1773–74: HMS iRacehorse/i and HMS iCarcass/i
00:21:37 2.1.13 1776–80: HMS iResolution/i and HMS iDiscovery/i
00:22:46 2.1.14 1785–88: iLa Boussole/i and iL'Astrolabe/i
00:24:14 2.1.15 1785–88: HMS iKing George/i
00:24:31 2.1.16 1785–94: iSlava Rossii/i
00:25:55 2.1.17 1790–91: iLa Solide/i
00:26:30 2.1.18 1789–94: iDescubierta/i and iAtrevida/i
00:28:13 2.1.19 1791–94: iLa Recherche/i and iL'Espérance/i
00:30:25 2.1.20 1791–93: HMS iProvidence/i
00:31:31 2.1.21 1791–95: HMS iDiscovery/i and HMS iChatham/i
00:33:26 2.1.22 1800–04: iLe Géographe/i and iNaturaliste/i
00:36:09 2.1.23 1801–03: HMS iInvestigator/i
00:37:24 2.1.24 1803–06: iNadezhda/i and iNeva/i
00:39:09 2.1.25 1815–18: iRurik/i
00:40:27 2.1.26 1817–20: iL'Uranie/i and iLa Physicienne/i
00:42:25 2.1.27 1819–21: iLe Rhône/i and iLa Durance/i
00:43:09 2.1.28 1822–25: iLa Coquille/i
00:45:04 2.1.29 1823–26: iPredpriyatiye/i
00:46:31 2.1.30 1824–25: HMS iBlonde/i
00:48:16 2.1.31 1824–26: iLe Thétis/i and iL'Espérance/i
00:49:12 2.1.32 1825–28: HMS iBlossom/i
00:50:27 2.1.33 1825–30: HMS iAdventure/i and HMS iBeagle/i
00:52:20 2.1.34 1826–29: iL'Astrolabe/i
00:53:23 2.1.35 1826–29: iSenyavin/i and iMoller/i
00:54:44 2.1.36 1827–28: iLa Chevrette/i
00:55:09 2.1.37 1828: Ms. Korvet iTriton/i
00:55:35 2.1.38 1829: iLa Cybèle/i
00:56:25 2.1.39 1829–32: iLa Favorite/i
00:57:51 2.1.40 1831–36: HMS iBeagle/i
00:59:53 2.1.41 1835 and 1836: iLa Recherche/i
01:00:45 2.1.42 1836–39: iVénus/i
01:01:40 2.1.43 1836–37: iLa Bonite/i
01:02:56 2.1.44 1836–42: HMS iSulphur/i
01:04:00 2.1.45 1837–40: iL'Astrolabe/i and iLa Zélée/i
01:07:02 2.1.46 1837–43: HMS iBeagle/i
01:08:21 2.1.47 1838–42: USS iVincennes/i and USS iPeacock/i
01:11:29 2.1.48 1839–43: HMS iErebus/i and HMS iTerror/i
01:13:47 2.1.49 1841–1844: iLa Favorite/i
01:14:16 2.1.50 1842–46: HMS iFly/i
01:15:45 2.1.51 1846–50: HMS iRattlesnake/i and HMS iBramble/i
01:17:17 2.1.52 1851–54: iCapricieuse/i
01:18:19 2.1.53 1851–53: iEugenie/i
01:19:21 2.1.54 1852–63: HMS iHerald/i
01:20:37 2.1.55 1853–55: USS iVincennes/i and USS iPorpoise/i
01:21:29 2.1.56 1857–60: SMS iNovara/i
01:22:38 2.1.57 1860: HMS iBulldog/i
01:23:25 2.1.58 1865–68: iMagenta/i
01:25:33 2.1.59 1865: HMS iCuracoa/i
01:26:36 2.1.60 1868 and 1869–1870: HMS iLightning/i and HMS iPorcupine/i
01:27:34 2.1.61 1873–76: HMS iChallenger/i
01:29:14 2.1.62 1875–76: HMS iAlert/i and HMS iDiscovery/i
01:30:12 2.1.63 1881: USRC iThomas Corwin/i
01:31:21 2.1.64 1882–83: iLa Romanche/i
01:32:03 2.1.65 1882–85: iVettor Pisani/i
01:32:21 2.1.66 1886–96: USS iAlbatross/i
01:33:06 2.1.67 1897–98: iLila and Mattie/i
01:34:40 2.1.68 1897–98: iBelgica/i
01:35:27 2.1.69 1898–99: iValdivia/i
01:36:42 3 See also



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The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science ...