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The Way of a Ship : a Square-rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail by Lundy, Derek is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Way of a Ship : a Square-rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail about?
When, as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel, he began a journey more exciting, and more terrifying, than he could have ever imagined: a treacherous, white-knuckle passage around that notorious "graveyard of ships," Cape Horn. A century later, Derek Lundy, author of the bestselling Godforsaken Sea and an accomplished amateur seaman himself, set out to recount his forebear's journey. The Way of a Ship is a mesmerizing accoun
Who reads The Way of a Ship : a Square-rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lundy, Derek
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060935375
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Engineering, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (80 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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