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In the Wake of Madness by Joan Druett
$12.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: good-very good
On May 25, 1841, the whaleship Sharon of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, set out for the whaling grounds of the northwestern Pacific under the command of Captain Howes Norris. A year later, while most of the crew was out on the hunt, Norris remained at the helm with four crew members - three of them natives f ...Show more
An Atlas History of Australian Shipwrecks (State-By-State Including Maps and Diving Notes) by Jack Kenneth Loney
$40.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: very good
Wilful Murder: the Sinking of the Lusitania by Diana Preston
$12.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: very good
On May 7th, 1915 a passenger ship crossing the Atlantic sank with the loss of 1200 lives. On board were some world-famous figures, including multimillionaire Alfred Vanderbilt. But this wasn
Mutiny on the Globe: The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock by Thomas Farel Heffernan
$14.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: very good
Moby Dick meets Mutiny on the Bounty in this thrilling story of violence, megalomania and high-adventure survival in the Pacific islands.
Fishing Boats of Scotland by James A. Pottinger
$14.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: very good
From Orkney and Shetland to the north east coast, and from Fife to Berwick, fishing boats have been an important part of the maritime heritage of Scotland. The original designs of fishing vessels were based on Viking ships, but by the early twentieth century, scaffies, fifies and zulus were being replac ...Show more
The Incoming Tide - Sir William Sullivan and the 1951 Waterfront Dispute by Marcia Spencer
$20.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: good
New Zealand and Federal Lines by John Clarkson and Roy. Fenton
$25.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Series: Ships in Focus Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A Century of Shipping in New Zealand, The Twentieth Century by Gavin McLean
$15.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand's shipping services have come a long way in a century. In 1900 the last sailing ships were bowing out of overseas trade to new Zealand. Steam was taking over, bringing greater speed, certainly and safety to people and their goods. Through two world wars and cycles of boom and bust, ships hav ...Show more
Over the Mountains of the Sea : Life on the migrant ships 1870-1885 by David Hastings
$25.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: very good
This lively, well-illustrated and very readable book draws on shipboard diaries and archival sources to give a vivid picture of the voyage out to New Zealand during the crucial Vogel period. Using information on individual ships, voyages and passengers Hastings follows the narrative of the voyage and th ...Show more
Ten Minutes to Midnight by Colin Lloyd Amery
$20.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: Very Good
Shaw Savill Line One Hundred Years of Trading by Sydney D. Waters
$40.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: Very Good