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Lost ships and lonely seas

Title
Lost ships and lonely seas, by Ralph D. Paine ...
Author
Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925.
Publication
New York, The Century Co., 1921.

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Description
5 preliminary leaves, 3-412 pages color frontispiece, plates; 23 cm
Subject
  • Shipwrecks
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • shipwrecks
  • Geschichte
  • Schiffsunfall
Genre/Form
Adventure fiction.
Contents
The singular fate of the brig Polly -- How the schooner Extertion fell among thieves -- The tragedy of the frigate Medusa -- The wreck of the Blenden Hall, east Indiaman -- The adventures of David Woodard, chief mate -- Captain Paddock on the coast of Barbary -- Four thousand miles in an open boat -- The frigates that vanished in the South Seas -- When H.M.S. Phoenix drove ashore -- The roading days of piracy -- The loss of the Wager man-of-war -- The cruise of the Wager's long-boat -- The grim tale of the Nottingham galley -- The storm-swept fleet of Admiral Graves -- The brisk yarn of the Speedwell privateer -- Luckless seamen long in exile -- The noble king of the Pelew Islands.
LCCN
21015562
OCLC
  • ocm00766354
  • 766354
  • SCSB-585888
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library