Shipwrecks: New Zealand Disasters 1795-1950

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Price clipped. ; On the fly-leaf is the author's signature, P. Owen Wheatley. This is a revised edition 1795-1950. The storms that besiege New Zealand coastline have brought hundreds of good ships to disaster. Early mariners had to contend with primitive charts and methods of navigation, and although these two important factors have been improved, the elements still prevail. Shipwrecks is a standard work of reference containing over 100 illustrations, stories and full accounts of of outstanding wrecks. Contains Index & Locality Index at rear. The first edition, published in 1937, but this edition has been completely revised and enlarged and it brings the record to the end of 1950.; Over 100 Photo Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 520pp incl.index pages; Signed by Author. N° de ref. del artículo 8103

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