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Snow Squall :the last American clipper ship /Nicholas Dean ; expedition accounts by David C. Switzer.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-249116

Description

xvi, 301 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

History.
Excavations (Archaeology)

Originator

Dean, Nicholas.
Switzer, David C.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Prologue: In Search of the Last Clipper -- Preface -- 1 The White-Winged Chariots of Commerce -- 2 The Brothers Butler Build a Ship -- 3 The Shipowner -- 4 Maiden Voyage: 1852 -- 5 Second Voyage: California, China, and England (by Way of Hawaii) -- 6 Third Voyage: Australia, Java, and China -- 7 Triumph and Disaster: The Voyages of 1856-58 -- 8 To Shanghai Again and Again: 1858-61 -- 9 Twice to Melbourne and Beyond, and -- Two Bad Scares: 1861-63 -- 10 The Fatal Voyage: 1864 -- Epilogue: Back to the Falklands -- Expedition Members and Supporters -- SNOW SQUALL Plans and Lines -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Publication

Gardiner, Me. : Tilbury House ;
Bath, Me. : Maine Maritime Museum

Description

xvi, 301 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-293) and index.

ISBN

0884482316 (alk. paper)
9780884482314 (alk. paper)

Call Number

Stacks VM311.S7 D43 2001

Other People and Orgs

Snow Squall (Clipper ship)

Places

Falkland Islands.

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