Breverton's Nautical Curiosities
A Book of the Sea
$33.65
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2010
Summary
Breverton’s Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary. Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist. And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the Monitor, the Confederacy might have won the Ameri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847247766 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847247768 |
| Author: | Terry Breverton |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 659g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 142mm x 204mm |
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Terry Breverton
Terry Breverton is a former businessman, consultant and academic and now a full-time writer. He is the author of numerous books on the sea and pirates, and has been awarded the Welsh Books Council ‘Book of the Month’ award five times. Terry has presented documentaries on the Discovery Channel and the History Channel and appeared on around 20 other television programmes on pirates and privateers. He has recently transcribed and annotated the lost manuscript of a Welsh privateer - the factional account of the marooning of William Williams -The Journal of Penrose - Seaman.
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