Learning the ropes
Subtitle: an apprentice in the last of the windjammers
By: Eric Newby.
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Newby, Eric -- Travel.; Moshulu (Ship); Voyages and travels -- Pictorial works.; Seafaring life -- Pictorial works.; Windjammers (Sailing ships)
Genres: Pictorial works.
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".