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Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic: A Great-Granddaughter's Pilgrimage Hardcover - 1997

by Madelene Ferguson Allen


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Using survivor's accounts, including Holding's, various ship records, and her own research during visits to the Auckland Islands in 1993 and 1995, Madelene Ferguson Allen brings to light a neglected piece of maritime history. She describes life on the Scottish sailing ship the Invercauld and the sailors' struggle for survival on the Auckland Islands. After the shipwreck, the hierarchy of authority that had existed on the ship was abandoned and sailors relied on their own cunning for survival. Some even turned to cannibalism. Allen became aware of Holding and his ordeal on the Auckland Islands while researching the history of her birth family; her recounting of his adventure is interwoven with her voyage of discovery.

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  • Title Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic: A Great-Granddaughter's Pilgrimage
  • Author Madelene Ferguson Allen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal
  • Date 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780773516885 / 0773516883
  • Weight 2.07 lbs (0.94 kg)
  • Dimensions 10 x 7 x 0.9 in (25.40 x 17.78 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Holding, Robert, Invercauld (Ship)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99183219
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic A Great-Granddaughter's Pilgrimage
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Montreal: McGill Queens Univ Pr, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Larger 8vo. pp. 256, color photographs throughout. ""Robert Holding, a young English adventurer, was only 23 when in 1864 he was shipwrecked with 19 others on the windswept, inhospitable Auckland islands in the sub-Antarctic Ocean south of New Zealand. By the time he was rescued a year later, only two of his shipmates were taken off the…
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Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic A Great-Granddaughter's Pilgrimage
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Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic A Great-Granddaughter's Pilgrimage

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Montreal & Kingston: McGill Queen's University Press, 1997. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 10 1/2" X 7 3/4. The story of the three survivors of a crew of nineteen who were shipwrecked among the Auckland Islands south of New Zealand in 1864. 250 pp. plus: Bibliography, Index. Book has gilt text on spine. Book extremities are showing some white, and front panel is lightly soiled. Book is tight and square and OW as new. Unclipped, unpriced DJ showing small scuff at top front corner and slight shelf wear. Book weighs over 2 lb. and may require extra shipping. Bookseller's Inventory # 140383.
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