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Of all sea trades that of the opium smuggler was undoubtedly one of the most romantic. The dangers of the trade were as great as the profits. ...
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The feats of the great German "P" boats of F. Laeisz and their French rivals, the checker-sided nitrate barques of Ant. Dom Bordes, are well worthy ...
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The glamorous Arctic whaling and the amazing life of the whale hunters in their fight to wrest a fortune from the pitiless Northern sea and ...
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This book by Basil Lubbock gives a vivid description of two specialised phases of the old sea life in sailing ships. There is still a number of old ...
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"Not only America but Europe has good cause to be grateful to these valiant little packet ships, with their self-reliant captains, heavy-fisted mates ...
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Round the Horn Before the Mast
This book was first published in 1902. It was last reprinted in 1915, and was allowed to go out of stock. We have decided to reprint and we have ...
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Bully Hayes - South Sea Pirate
An attempt to gather up and straighten out the kinked-up strands in the strange life-line of that notorious South Sea adventurer, Captain William ...
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"Extract from the Preface" I have compiled this chronology of Naval actions against the picaroon, pirate and slaver of the nineteenth century for ...
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This is the thoroughly researched story of John Smith, whose career saw him rise from boy on a Greenland whaler, to the position of master of the ...
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Bibliographic Notes It is a story of considerable interest and some small historical value. It does not compete with any of the major narratives of ...
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