In the Wake of Endeavour

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This "History of the New Zealand Shipping Company and Federal Steam Navigation Company" (sub-tritle) was sponsored by P and O, the holding company for those lines, with publication coincinding with their centennial. It traverses the change from sail to steam, two world wars and the subsequent developments that brought radical transitions to shippping technology. (The British author, well known for his contribitions to maritime literature, died shotly before the book when to press and the publishers and sponsors, believed this book would "be a lasting tribute to him.") First edition from Charles Knight of 1973, 241 pages including appendix listing ships of the company and index, 20 b/w illustrations including portraits, mainly photos with some art for earlier ships. Blue hard covers with gilt spine titles are VG+, internally NF, no insriptions Unclipped DJ is VG with short tear top front adjacent spine, tiny V segment missing lower rear edge adjacent spine, few chips, isolated. light surface wear. N° de ref. del artículo 004393

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