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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561067843876 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR845 (4) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: Disasters |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
NEW ZEALAND TRAGEDIES: Shipwrecks and Maritime Disasters
by Gavin McLean
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 1869340299
Format: medium softcover
Publisher: Grantham House 1990, 1st edition
Size (mm): 190 w x 260 h x 15 d
Pages: 218
SKU: A4/2505/U306
ABOUT
A well-rounded account to the toll of ships and lives on the NZ coast from the days of sail to steam and to the ships of today, from coasters to liners and all in between.
The sea has always been New Zealand's highway to the rest of the world, and it has often been a dangerous one. Since the late eighteenth century, more than 2000 ships have cast their bones on New Zealand beaches, sometimes with horrific loss of life. In the century before our own, newspapers told not only of death and injury on the roads, but tragedy at sea.
And, as the last chapters of this fascinating book show, seafaring remains a dangerous occupation, even with all the technological advantages of the late twentieth century.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome images.
CONDITION
Immaculate, near new with only light wear/spine fading on covers, faint marks on title page.
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