| Sailing to New Zealand (in the Age of Wood and Rope) Contributor(s): Hamer, Donald Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508930864 ISBN-13: 9781508930860 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - Pictorial |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.85 lbs) 114 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This novel covers a teenager from Bolton, United Kingdom, John Carteledge, who in 1860 sailed to Australasia around Cape Horn, and return on the merchant ship "Enterprise". Adventures include losing all masts and most of the rigging off New Zealand. The replacement of the masts and yards, and sailing to Sydney and Hobart in Eastern Australia. Homeward bound the ship runs into an iceberg, with the loss of life, and return to England again. |