Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship

Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship

Overdue: The Story of a Missing ShipThis is a yarn of the days when the clipper sailing-ship...
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Author: Collingwood, Harry,1851-1922
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Language: English
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Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship

Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship

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Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship

$18.44 $9.22
Author: Collingwood, Harry,1851-1922
Format: eBook
Language: English

Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship

This is a yarn of the days when the clipper sailing-ship was at the zenith of her glory and renown; when she was the recognised medium for the transport of passengersay, and, very frequently, of mails between Great Britain and the Colonies; and when steamers were, comparatively speaking, rare objects on the high seas. True, a few of the great steamship lines, such as the Cunard and the Peninsular and Oriental, were already in existence; but their fleets were only just beginning to compete, and with but a very limited measure of success, against the superb specimens of marine architecture owned by the Black Ball and other famous lines of sailing clippers. For the Suez Canal had not yet been dug, andapart from the overland journeys to Indiatravellers bound to the East were compelled to go south-about round the Cape of Good Hope, whether they journeyed by steamer or by sailing-ship; and it was no very uncommon thing for the latter to beat the former on the passage to India, China, or Australia. Moreover, the marine steam engine was, at that period, a very expensive piece of machinery to operate, developing only a very moderate amount of power upon an exceedingly heavy consumption of coal; hence it was only the nabobs who could afford to indulge in the then costly luxury of ocean travel by steam. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 21067
Author: Collingwood, Harry
Release Date: Apr 13, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Holloway, W. Herbert

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