The Wind Commands : Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific
by Morton, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0774800402
- ISBN 13
- 9780774800402
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1975. First edition. Large hardcover, 498 pages. A standard work on the subject, covers every aspect of Pacific sailing through the centuries. A VG+ copy: clean, sound, tight and unworn, with no internal markings. In a VG+ unchipped dustjacket with the usual partial fading along the spine (endemic to this book). A nice copy..
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- Bookseller
- NEXUS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5645
- Title
- The Wind Commands : Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific
- Author
- Morton, Harry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0774800402
- ISBN 13
- 9780774800402
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Pacific Ocean, Travels, Expeditions, Explorations, Oceanica, Oceanic, Discovery, Discoveries, Ships, Shipping, Sailing, Marine, Maritime, Naval, Nautical, Northwest, North-West, North West, Navigation, Galleons, Frigates, Whaleships, Instruments, Scurvy,
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- Travel, Exploration, Discovery & Voyages;
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