The Vasa: The Royal Ship.
by Lars-Ake Kvarning, Bengt Ohrelius
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 9174865811
- ISBN 13
- 9789174865813
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About This Item
Stockholm: Atlantis, 2002. New. Hardcover. Dust jacket. 18x25 cm. In English. 173 p. Original cloth bdg. B/w and colour ills. "On August 10th, 1628, the Vasa, the Swedish Navy's proud new man-of-war, sailed out of Skeppgarden in Stockholm on her maiden voyage. The ship had been built to frighten the life out of the enemy and so for the times, she was enormous: 69 metres long, armed with 64 guns and weiging 1.200 tons. But her voyage was short. The Vasa keeled over and her list increased as water poured in through the open gun-ports. Just outside Beckholmen, she sank at "full sail, flags and all". About fifty people died in the disaster..."
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- Title
- The Vasa: The Royal Ship.
- Author
- Lars-Ake Kvarning, Bengt Ohrelius
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 9174865811
- ISBN 13
- 9789174865813
- Publisher
- Atlantis
- Place of Publication
- Stockholm
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 173
- Size
- 18x25 cm.
- Keywords
- Vasa (Warship) The Vasa: The Royal Ship
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