australia was called island when the first fleet arrived.
australia was called island when the first fleet arrived.
what was australia called when the first fleet arrived?
island
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first fleet was the first transportation fleet of convicts from england to the australian penal colony of botany bay.









































first fleet or 1st fleet may also refer to:









































bullet::::- first fleet of south australia, a fleet from england that brought out founders of adelaide in 1836









































bullet::::- 1st fleet (imperial japanese navy), the main battleship fleet of the imperial japanese navy









































bullet::::- first fleet (united kingdom)









































bullet::::- united states first fleet, an organizational unit of the united states navy









































bullet::::- home fleet or first fleet, the royal navy
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the "xia xiyang" provides valuable information, as described hereafter, about the dates and itinerary for this voyage. the fleet embarked from longwan (lit. "dragon bay") in nanjing on 19 january 1431. on 23 january, the fleet made a stop at xushan, a currently-unknown island in the yangtze, where the crew hunted animals. on 2 february 1431, the fleet sailed through the fuzi passage (present-day baimaosha channel) to the estuary yangtze river before arriving at liujiagang the following day (3 february). on 14 march 1431, the liujiagang inscription was erected there. on 8 april 1431, the fleet arrived at changle, where they remained until mid-december. the changle inscription, dated to the 11th month of the 6th year of the xuande reign, was erected during the end of their stay there. on 16 december, they traveled to the fu tou shan, possibly near fuzhou. the treasure fleet sailed through the wuhumen on 12 january 1431. on 27 january 1432, the fleet made a call at the capital city vijaya (near present-day qui nhon) of champa before departing on 12 february. on 7 march 1432, the fleet arrived at java, where they made port at surabaya. the fleet remained in the region before departing on 13 july. on 24 july 1432, the fleet arrived at palembang before departing on 27 july. from palembang, the fleet sailed down the musi river, through the banka strait, passing the lingga and riau archipelagos. the lingga and riau archipelagos had a considerable pirate population that posed a threat to passing ships, but these pirates posed no threat to the treasure fleet. on 3 august 1432, the treasure fleet arrived at malacca. the fleet departed from malacca on 2 september 1432. they traveled to semudera and arrived there on 12 september. on 2 november 1432, the fleet departed from semudera. on 28 november 1432, the fleet arrived at beruwala on ceylon. the fleet departed from beruwala on 2 december. they arrived at calicut on 10 december. the fleet departed from calicut to hormuz on 14 december 1432. they arrived at hormuz on 17 january 1433. the treasure fleet remained in hormuz for almost two months before traveling homeward on 9 march 1433.
ming treasure voyages