| Description |
1 online resource (480 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; Part I Of Sailors, Ships and the Sea; 1 Lloyd's and Lloyd's List; 2 Voyages and Voyagings; 3 Tonnage and Ships' Measurements; Part II Casualties, Calamities, Catastrohpes and Curiosities; 1 Message in a Bottle; 2 Corpses ; 3 Hard Weather Voyages: Gales, Storms and Hurricanes; 4 Remarkable Voyages; 5 Accidental Loss of Life; 6 Mutiny, Murder and Mayhem; 7 Sickness, Disease and Malnutrition (... and Suicide); 8 Fire!; 9 Ice!; 10 Earthquakes, Seaquakes and Volcanoes; 11 Whaling, Whales and Fishermen; 12 Shipwrecks, Collisions and Castaways (... and Cannibalism) |
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13 Great Disasters 14 Odds & Sods & Mollycods ; Conclusion |
| Summary |
Compelling true-life stories about mariners' dreadful experiences at sea during the hey-day of deep-sea commercial sail |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Seafaring life -- History -- 19th century
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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Seafaring life
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849952064 |
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184995206X |
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