All at Sea in the Days of Sail: Mariners of note, nautical idioms, information and terminology from the glorious days of sail
by WRIGHT, Ron (ed.)
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0646528084
- ISBN 13
- 9780646528083
- Seller
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Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Medowie: SP, 2010. Second printing. Paperback. Fine. A bright tight copy. Octavo in illustrated wrapper. 236 pages, including 4 maps, a suite of 10 colour photographic plates, references and index. Traces the exploration and achievements of the seafaring, northern hemisphere nations, on a mission to secure further possessions and trading lanes to all, often unknown corners of the globe. Of the men who helped secure the sovereign rights once obtained, resulting in extended wars of attrition in all the world's known seas. Perfect gift for the sea-lover. A superb copy.
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- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709276
- Title
- All at Sea in the Days of Sail
- Author
- WRIGHT, Ron (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- ISBN 10
- 0646528084
- ISBN 13
- 9780646528083
- Publisher
- SP
- Place of Publication
- Medowie
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- SEA SEAFARING SHIPS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Trains & Boats & Planes;
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