Pacific Venture Tapa dura - 2002

Great Britain: The Book Guild, 2002. Hardback. For a young man in early 17th century Spain, the lure of the sea is hard to ignore; and for Jose, it proves irresistible. Signing on to a crew, he learns his job the hard way, but by intelligence and perserverance is recognised as a potential leader. His ship captures a couple of Dutch ships, and the armada is used to ferry bullion between the New and the Old Worlds. Meanwhile, a merchant's daughter sets her cap at Jose, and their courtship has to be conducted in the intervals of exploration. 280 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.