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A merciless place : the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia / Emma Christopher.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781742372273 (pbk.)
ISBN	1742372279 (pbk.)
Author	Christopher, Emma, 1971-
Title	A merciless place : the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia / Emma Christopher.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010.
Description	448 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-427) and index.
Summary	In this book, the author has found the 'missing link' between the American Revolution and The Fatal Shore, and tells the extraordinary story - lost for two centuries - of how a failed British attempt to establish a penal colony in West Africa led to their eventual decision to abandon their African plans and establish a new colony in the recently discovered colony known as New South Wales.
Subjects	Land settlement -- Australia -- History
	Transportation of convicts
	Convicts -- Great Britain -- History
	Penal colonies -- Africa -- History
	Penal colonies -- New South Wales -- History
	Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History
	Australia -- Colonization -- History
Call number	365.340941 CHR

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