Author

Publication

1991 - Grantham House, Wellington, N.Z, New Zealand

Language

English

Word Count

54,500 words, Guess

Page Count

218 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101869340299
  • ISBN-139781869340292
  • Goodreads3926339
  • Library of Congress Control Number92173536
  • Open LibraryOL1305851M

Classifications

  • DDC910.4/5
  • LCCG525 .M389 1991

Alternate Titles

  • Shipwrecks and maritime disasters.

Description

The author has tried to give the layperson an overview of some of the more interesting or calamitous wrecks and has attempted to set the individual incidents in their historical contexts. It looks at the conditions faced by mariners down through the decades and links chronologically distant accidents in a thematic order. The author's criteria for inclusion has been personal interest and fair geographical and thematic representation.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • New Zealand tragedies

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