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The Last of the Cape Horners: Firsthand Accounts From the Final Days of the Commercial Tall Ships
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Product Description
Covers a full range of exciting, dangerous, and everyday shipboard experiences
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1698194 in Books
- Published on: 2006-12-20
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
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Book Info
An anthology of the most representative accounts of life onboard commercial square-rigged sailing ships in the final 50 years of their existence, arranged in the sequence of a voyage around the world. Outlines the general nature of commercial activities as well as everyday shipboard experiences. DLC: Seafaring life.
About the Author
Spencer Apollonio is a marine biologist who has sailed a traditional wooden gaff-rigged sloop along the coast of Maine for more than twenty years. Boothbay Harbor, Maine, is his homeport.
