Sail's Last Century: The Merchant Sailing Ship 1830-1930
- ISBN-10
- 0851775659
- ISBN-13
- 9780851775654
- Category
- Merchant ships
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Brassey's
- Author
- Robert Gardiner
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- 1993
- 176 pages
- Paperback
- Conway Maritime Press
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