Vanished Fleets: Ships and Men of Old Van Diemen's Land
by Villiers, Alan John
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: H. Holt and Company, [c1931]. good. 23 cm, 297, illus., boards faded and somewhat worn and soiled, perforation and stamp on title page, pencil erasure on front endpaper. The author arrived in Tasmania in the mid-1920's, and stayed for five years. This history involved Port Arthur (the penal center) and its inmates, the convicts of Van Dieman's Land. Villiers also covered whaling, and the English girls who sailed to find matrimony.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29243
- Title
- Vanished Fleets: Ships and Men of Old Van Diemen's Land
- Author
- Villiers, Alan John
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c1931]
- Keywords
- Port Arthur, Penal Center, Van Dieman's Land, Whaling, Jorgan Jorganson, Hobart, Clipper Ships, Convicts, Essex
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- Soiled
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