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Learning the ropes : an apprentice in the last of the windjammers

Newby, Eric, 1919-2000
Books, Manuscripts
In 1938 Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the four masted barque Moshulu for a round-the-world voyage to carry grain to Europe from the Australian wheat belt. Though only 18, Newby also managed to photograph day-to-day life on board.
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2000.
Collation:
144p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1999.
ISBN:
9780719556418 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.45092387.22
Language:
English
BRN:
683177
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