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VILLIERS, ALAN Cruise of the Conrad: A Journal of a Voyage Round the World, Undertaken and Carried out in the Ship Joseph Conrad, 212 Tons, in the Years 1934, 1935, and 1936 by Way of Good Hope, the East Indies, the South Seas and Cape Horn, with Charts, Plans and Photo
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1952. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No dust jacket. Pages slightly toned, cover edge wear. 387 pages. Black & white photographs, maps on endpapers showing the ship's route. A firsthand account of the author's circumnavigation of the globe on the Joseph Conrad. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Captain Alan John Villiers (23 September 1903 – 3 March 1982) was an author, adventurer, photographer and Master Mariner. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he first went to sea at 15 and sailed all the world's oceans on board traditionally rigged vessels including the full rigged ship Joseph Conrad. He was the author of 25 books and former Chairman of the Society for Nautical Research, a Trustee of the National Maritime Museum, and Governor of the Cutty Sark Preservation Society. He was awarded the British Distinguished Service Cross as a Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve during World War II." -- Wikipedia.
Offered for US$ 13.50 by: Yesterday's Muse Books - Book number: 1508700
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