Buy this book on-line Nash, M D (ed) : The Last Voyage of the Guardian Lieutenant Riou, CommanderVan Riebeeck Society, Cape Town, 1990 ISBN 0620144556
Van Riebeeck Society second series # 20. Publ '1990 for 1989' Spine band is sunned. Dustjacket neatly ovelaid with transparent adhesive laminate. Offset to ends. Tipped in frontispiece. Light age tanning to pages. Pages xxxix + 243. Back endpapers - a page from Lieutenant Riou's rough notebook. The voyage of HMS Guardian is unique in naval history. She sailed from Spithead in September 1879, laden with stores and provisions for Britain's new 'thief colony' in New South Wales, but did not ever reach her destination. Thirteen days out from the Cape of Good Hope she struck an iceberg that tore away her rudder and most of her keel. Half the ship's company took to the boats, only one of which survuved the stormy 1300 mile voyage back to the cape. A month later, through exemplary courage and seamanship and against all probabilities, the crippled Guardian herself sailed into Table bay. The full and fascinating story of her voyage is told in the ship's logs and letters that make up this volume. (JH-EYY-U13). Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Nash, M D (ed) : The Last Voyage of the Guardian Lieutenant Riou, Commander. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, rare books, libri antichi, livres rares and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |