My cathedral in the sea : a history of the Conway / Harley Stanton.
My cathedral in the sea : a history of the Conway / Harley Stanton.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Lindisfarne : Forty South Publishing, Oct. 2019.
[Lindisfarne, Tasmania] : Forty South Publishing, [2019]
Date
Oct. 2019.
Call Numbers
GQ 2021/0108 , H 2020/0229
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xviii, 222 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Why leave good old England? Whither the journey: immigration issues -- Throw me your jacket: dissenting craftsman John Owens of Portland, Saint John -- It glanced upon a woman's head: New York, icebergs and new adventures -- Weather, cholera and survival: Greenock, 18 March 1854 - Melbourne, 17 June...
Publication information
Publisher
Lindisfarne : Forty South Publishing, Oct. 2019.
[Lindisfarne, Tasmania] : Forty South Publishing, [2019]
Place of Publication
Tasmania
Date Published
Oct. 2019.
[2019]
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"My Cathedral in the Sea traces the story of the Conway from its 1851 construction in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to its final resting place in the Atlantic. Conway traversed the globe, making many trans-Atlantic crossings and five journeys to Australia; in 1860 the ship barely survived a storm close to Madeira. Extensive extracts from logs,...
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Full title
My cathedral in the sea : a history of the Conway / Harley Stanton.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Colour illustrations on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2021/0108 , H 2020/0229
Record Identifier
74VKawKoDdAg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKawKoDdAg
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0648532895 (Trade Cloth) :
9780648532897 hardback
DDC
387.2/24/09
MMS ID
991024282317702626
