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Rijeka (Fiume in Italian and Hungarian, Reka in Slovene; R(ij)eka and Fiume both mean river) is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on the Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. It has 144,043 inhabitants (2001) and it is the third largest city of Croatia. Rijeka is the center of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. The city's economy largely depends on sea transport, shipbuilding (shipyards "3. Maj" and "Viktor Lenac") and tourism.

Lord Howe Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean 600km (375 miles) east of Australia. The island is in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lord Howe Island was discovered in February 1788 by H.M.S Supply, commanded by Lieutenant Lidgbird Ball, who was on his way to Norfolk Island with convicts to start a settlement there.

Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia, also known as Sydney Harbour and is the largest natural harbour in the world. Its best known features are the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. The harbour's discovery by Europeans is credited to Lt. James Cook in 1770, although he did not enter it. Cook named the harbour after Sir George Jackson, Judge Advocate of the Fleet at the time. Cook noted "there appears to be a good anchorage" in his log.

HMS Guardian was built in 1784 as a 44-gun frigate but, with her lower tier of guns removed, she was converted to a storeship. On 12 September 1789 she sailed from Spithead, under the command of Lieutenant Edward Riou, R.N., with 1003 tons of provisions for the convict settlement at Port Jackson in New South Wales. She also carried 25 specially selected convicts and several officials for the settlement. At Santa Cruz she took on 2000 gallons of wine. On 24 November she reached the Cape of Good Hope, where she loaded some cattle and horses, and departed on 11 December.

Aeolus (or Aiolos, Αἴολος) in Greek Mythology was the Keeper of the Winds. He was also called Astraeus ("starry"). By some accounts, Aeolus ("earth-destroyer") was married to Eos, the goddess of the dawn. According to this account, their four children were the four winds: Zephyrus, Notus, Boreas, Eurus, although more usually these are said to be Eos's sons by Astraeus.