Shipwrecks of the Far South
by Walker, Michael
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0620373652
- ISBN 13
- 9780620373654
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: the author, 2006) 0620373652. Signed by the author on the title page. 210 x 160 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. vii + (i) + 85, incl. index; several historic photographs; map; advertisements to inner wrappers. Near fine condition. "This book is not a chronology of shipwrecks along our Far South coast which extends on the west from Kommetjie Beach and on the east from Muizenberg Beach, to Cape Point. This book is about the human element associated with these wrecks. The drama, the tragedies, the bravery, the sorrow, the seamanship, the discipline, the unsung heroes and the story of mutiny and murder, all of which have occurred along our Far South coast. The time span is from 1650 - 1950, when hundreds upon hundreds of sailing ships and steamships passed this coast, and were very much on their own if wrecked." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7261
- Title
- Shipwrecks of the Far South
- Author
- Walker, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0620373652
- ISBN 13
- 9780620373654
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: the author, 2006) 0620373652
- This edition first published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Shipwrecks. Salvage. South African coastline. Maritime history. Dutch East India Company. Portuguese mariners. Birkenhead. Grosvenor. Stavenisse. Voyages. Exploration. Wild Coast. Ships Maritime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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- Fine
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