Title: Learning the ropes
First published: 1999
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".
Subjects: Windjammers (Sailing ships), Travel, Journeys, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Moshulu (Ship), Pictorial works, Fiction, general
People: Eric Newby
LC classification: VK140.N48 A3 1999