 | - Book Title: Without Trace: The Last Voyages of Eight Ships
- Author: Harris, John
- ISBN: 041346170X
- Publisher: Guild Publishing L
- Year Published: 1988
- Our Normal Price: £10.97 GBP ($0.00 USD)
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- Description: Guild Publishing by arrangement with Methuen 1988: blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration to spine: dust jacket: approximately 6.25 x 9.5" tall: maps to endpapers: 244 pages including index: black and white photographic illustration. Synopsis: The author investigates the seven mysterious happenings at sea, between 1847 and 1955. Examining events and suggesting possible solutions to each mystery . The missing vessels are: – Erebus and Terror (1847) two ships of Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition, last seen parting from their escort ships. The Mary Celeste (1872): a barque manned by a regarded Captain and experienced crew abandoned in Mid Atlantic. The Battleship, Maine (1898), destroyed by an explosion in Havana Harbour. The Liner, Waratah (1909) disappeared en route from Durban to Cape Town, leaving no wreckage behind her. The Naval Collier Cyclops (1918) vanished between Barbados and Virginia during the First World War. The 70 ton Motor Vessel Joyita (1955) discovered waterlogged and abandoned near Fiji, hundreds of miles off course, with cargo and crew missing. The Tynemouth Electric (1969) winner apparent of the Round the World Yacht Race, found deserted and drifting. Condition: paper tanned: overall very clean, firm and good
- Condition: See Above
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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