Racers of the Deep: The Yankee Clippers and Bluenose Clippers on the Australian Run, 1852-1869 Tapa blanda - 2007

Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2007. Softcover. Good. Size: 10" Tall. Ex Library, usual stickers and stamps. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Australian History; ISBN: 1740971159. ISBN/EAN: 9781740971157. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 32680. . 9781740971157

Melbourne; Australian Scholarly Publishing; 2007. paperback in very good condition. 396 pages, colour and b/w illusts

Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2007. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Mint condition - a new copy. Card wraps. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Black & White maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 396 pages. The Black Ball and White Star shipping lines owned some of the world's largest and fastest clipper ships. From 1852 to 1869 their 146 ships dominated the run between Liverpool and Australasia. They carried a great number of immigrants from Europe to Australia at the height of the gold rushes, greatly contributing to Australia's and New Zealand's rapid development. This book includes some remarkable sea stories based on reliable testimony and evidence. Some are about notorious captains of the time: "Bully" Forbes, who wrecked the Schomberg; "Bully" Bragg and the burning of the Empress of the Seas; "Brace Charlie" McDonnell and the mighty James Baines; Samuel Reed and the… Leer más

Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2007-03-15. Softcover. Like New. New softcover, book is clean and tight.