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Learning the ropes : an apprentice in the last of the windjammers / Eric Newby.

Title
Learning the ropes : an apprentice in the last of the windjammers / Eric Newby.
Author
Newby, Eric
Publication
London : John Murray, 1999.

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144 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.
Summary
In 1938, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the four-masted barque "Moshulu" for a round-the-world voyage to carry grain to Europe from the Australian wheat belt. In this book, Newby looks back to his young self and his days on board "Moshulu".
Subject
  • Newby, Eric > Journeys
  • Moshulu (Ship)
  • Voyages and travels
  • Windjammers (Sailing ships)
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0719556368
OCLC
45829890
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library