Hazards of the sea; three centuries of challenge in southern waters [by] John Noble
- Bib ID:
- 2670877
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Noble, John, 1914-
- Description:
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- [Sydney] Angus and Robertson [1970]
- 251 p. illus. 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0207120706
- Summary:
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This book contains well-known, as well as less-known stories, not only of shipwrecks but of mutiny and pracy, of collision and fire at sea, of castaways and survivors adrift, of blackbirders and convict transports. Captain Noble writes with a professional knowledge of the perils of the sea and the arts of seamanship, and he incorporates in his accounts of shipping disasters, some interesting information about the lighthouses built as a result of these disasters, of the maritime courts of inquiry, of the methods of calculating time and distance at sea, and of the origins of seafaring terms and customs.
- Subject:
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- Shipwrecks -- Australia
- Shipwrecks -- New Zealand
- Aids to navigation -- Australia
- Aids to navigation -- New Zealand
- Crime - Against persons
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Transport - Water - Shipwrecks and accidents
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Mer / Murray Island (Qld TSI SC55-05)
- Coorong (SE SA SI54-13, SJ54-02)
- K'Gari / Fraser Island (SE Qld SG56-03)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2084 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2014
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1970
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