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Thought I had read this earlier, but the Gutenberg version is the original translation, and very different from some of the other (edited heavily) translations. Well worth reading. I can't imagine being able to do as much as they did, in terms of building a community even though they had the contents of the entire ship at their service. It is also remarkable that they had everything from Platypus, Kangaroos, buffalos/bison, and many other assorted things like breadfruit trees, figs, etc. all on
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I read this back in 4th grade and it's one of the few books that I've started that I just could not finish. It was soooooo boring.
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