The last voyage of the schooner Rosamond
By: [by] Haakon Chevalier.
Publisher: Deutsch
Published: 1970
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Rosamond (Schooner); Voyages around the world
First sentence: It began as so many things begin which later prove to have memorable consequences, in a quite casual, unpremeditated way.
Description: A description of a voyage undertaken in 1920/21 by the author and a companion, initially as cabin boys but later promoted to ordinary seamen, in the 4-masted fore-and-aft schooner Rosamond from San Francisco to Capetown with timber and return to Seattle and San Francisco in ballast.
Map of route on endpapers.  
Foreword by the author.
Notes: Dedicated "To the memory of Donald Snedden June 6, 1901 - May 24, 1931".
[Donald Snedden was the author's companion on the voyage.]
Table of contents: title: Foreword
pagenum: 9; title: Glossary of Nautical Terms
pagenum: 241