Fr. 19.90

Adventures At Sea in the Great Age of Sail

English · Paperback / Softback

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Klappentext Five sailors recount in their own words remarkable adventures they experienced as merchant marines on American clipper ships during the first critical years after the Revolutionary War. 33 illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis "INTRODUCTION BY CAPT. ELLIOT SNOW! CONSTRUCTION CORPS! UNITED STATES NAVY"I. "A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF CAPT. CHARLES H. BARNARD OF NEW YORK! DURING A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD (1812-1816)! WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ABANDONMENT AND SOLITARY LIFE FOR TWO YEARS ON ONE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS"II. "THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN NICOL! MARINER! DURING THIRTY YEARS AT SEA"III. "A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE IN THE BRIG "SPY!" OF SALEM (1832-1834)! JOHN B. KNIGHTS! MASTER"IV. "THE REMARKABLE TRANSACTIONS WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE TONGA ISLANDS! IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN! DURING THE CAPTIVITY OF WILLIAM MARINER! ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE "PORT AU PRINCE!" PRIVATEER! WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE NATIVES"V. "A NARRATIVE OF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF JOHN BARTLETT OF BOSTON! MASSACHUSETTS! IN THE YEARS 1790-1793! DURING VOYAGES TO CANTON! THE NORTHWEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA! AND ELSEWHERE"

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Authors Elliot Snow
Assisted by Elliot Snow (Editor)
Publisher Dover Publications Inc.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 20.07.1987
 
EAN 9780486251776
ISBN 978-0-486-25177-6
No. of pages 353
Subjects Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships
Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918

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