The Girl from Botany Bay

Author(s): Carolly Erickson

Biography

The story of Botany Bay prisoner Mary Bryant who in the early 1790s, with her husband William, two small children, and seven other convicts, stole a boat and escaped Sydney by sailing all the way north to Timor, some 3250 treacherous miles in under ten weeks, an incredible nautical achievement.
Includes B&W Frontispiece.

Name, and slight damage to front endpaper


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780471271406
  • : John Wiley & Sons Australia, Limited
  • : 0.397
  • : 01 November 2004
  • : 237mm X 160mm X 22mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Carolly Erickson
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : 234