| George Barrington originally Waldron was tried at the in in September 1790 for picking pockets and sentenced to for seven years | |
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| 1821—59 of the East India Company | : Nautical Myths and Superstitions |
The various accounts of his voyage and activities in appear to be literary forgeries by publishers capitalizing both on his notoriety and in public interest for the new colony, combining turns of phrase from his trial speeches with plagiarized genuine accounts of other writers concerning Botany Bay.
9| A similar to the Flying Dutchman; a | He embarked on the convict transport Active which sailed from on 27 March 1791 and arrived at Sydney , just to the north of , on 26 September, having anchored briefly at in very late June |
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| The author has been identified as John Howison fl | Published in Epistles, Odes, and other poems London, 1806• A mythical - that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to , seen on the , where upon being , request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people |
See George Barrington's Voyage to Botany Bay edited by Suzanne Rickard Leicester University Press, 2001.
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