Author: Cormick, Craig.
Title: Shipwrecks of the Southern Seas.
Description: Sydney, Millers Point Pier 9 / Murdoch Books, 2011. 1st ed. Paperback octavo, thick card covers (with flaps), very good condition, black & white & colour illustrations, minor edgewear, tiny scuff top edge rear cover, corner tip rear cover little worn. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 304 pp. This book is a re-telling of 22 fascinating old stories - some iconic, many forgotten - of shipwreck, mutiny, piracy and marooning in the waters of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, concentrating on the age of sail and steam. The author recounts these true tall tales from a modern perspective, with humour and empathy. ISBN: 9781741967876

Keywords: history, australian history, maritime, shipwrecks, criminology, mutiny, piracy, pacific, new zealand 9781741967876


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