| The Wreck of the Barque Stefano off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875 |
| Stock
No |
2811 |
| Artist
/ Author / Creator |
RATHE, Gustave |
| Category |
Books |
| Country
Published |
Australia |
| Date
Published |
1990 |
| Description |
1st ED. pb. 124pp. 2 col & 43 b/w photos & illus & 3 maps. good cond, previous owner’s inscrption inside front cvr, slight damp stain bottom edge. The story begins in 1875 as the newly constructed 160 ft (48m) barque Stefano, is being outfitted to put to sea. It is beset by storms which last for weeks. The northwest coast of Australia is sighted and the night after the ship runs aground about 9 miles offshore and sinks. Of the ten survivors, only 2 finally escape death with help from the Aborigines who lead them to the tip of the North West Cape from where a passing pearler, Captain Tuckey of Mandurah, returns them to civilisation. |
| Price |
£2.00 |
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All photographs are of the actual book for sale and are not a generic photo. All dust jackets are original, not laser copies.
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