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Steedman in 1867. A
Londoner by birth, Steedman
learned to swim at thirteen
and six years later became a
champion swimmer. He then
emigrated to Australia in
1854, during the gold rush,
where he continued his
swimming career as
champion of the state of
Victoria. Steedman’s book is
not the first of its kind; back
in 1587 Everard Digby had
written a treatise on