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Newby, Eric

 
9780812932522: Learning the Ropes: An Apprentice in the Last of the Windjammers [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 0812932528 ISBN 13: 9780812932522
Editorial: Times Books, 1999

Sinopsis

Over 150 photographs taken by the author depict the daily life aboard the Moshulu, one of the last commercial sailing vessels. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Eric Newby is the author of fifteen other adventure classics, including <i>The Last Grain Race</i>, <i>A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush</i>, <i>Love and War in the Apennines</i>, and <i>What the Traveler Saw</i>. He lives in London.

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c Newby signed on as an apprentice on the Finnish four-masted barque <i>Moshulu</i> for a 'round-the-world' voyage transiting between Europe and Australia. It was the toughest imaginable introduction to the sailor's life. Few of the crew spoke English, and he was ordered atop the rigging -- 200 feet above deck -- before he could get out of his best jacket and shoes. More extraordinary still, between his shifts he managed to photograph day-to-day life aboard the antique vessel, and on others like her in various ports of call. Though he did not realize it then, these pictures soon became historic, for with a world war brewing, there would never again be a cavalcade of square riggers such as made the circuit that year. Remarkably, the <i>Moshulu</i> is still afloat and is now a restaurant ship, moored in Philadelphia.  

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Editorial
Times Books
Año de publicación
1999
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0812932528
ISBN 13 
9780812932522
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
144
Contacto del fabricante
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