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The Wind Commands: Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific
Author:
MORTON, HARRY & HERMANSEN, DON (illus) & DWILLIES, PAUL (illus.)
Title:
The Wind Commands: Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific
Publisher:
John McIndoe , and the University of British Columbia Press 1976
Description:
inscribed & signed by author, with also signature of Peggy Morton, imperial octavo, blue textured cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, illus eps, xxvii+498pp, VG+ (slight bruising, particularly to spine extrems & corners; slight fading to board edges, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG- (slight rubbing, soiling & bruising, spine is faded from blue to white)
Keywords:
Pacific sailing sailors Drake Magellan journals scurvy navigation history wind jammers galleons navigation adventure indigenous craft European technical