An edition of Learning the ropes (1999)
Learning the ropes
an apprentice seaman on the last of the windjammers
By Eric Newby
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Publish Date
1999
Publisher
Times Books
Language
eng
Pages
144
Description:
In 1938, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the four-masted barque "Moshulu" for a round-the-world voyage to carry grain to Europe from the Australian wheat belt. In this book, Newby looks back to his young self and his days on board "Moshulu".