1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet

1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet

In 1788, 11 small ships set sail from England on an eight-month-long voyage over the roughest of seas, carrying 1,500 people, food for two years, and all the equipment needed to build a colony of conv…

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