The last voyage of the Guardian, lieutenant Riou, commander 1789-1791. Edited with an introduction by M.D. Nash.

RIOU, Edward.

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Cape Town, 1989. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations. XXXIX,243 pp. Van Riebeeck Society, 2nd series, 20. - The Guardian sailed from Spithead in September 1789 with stores for Britain's new colony in New South Wales. Thirteen days out from the Cape of Good Hope she struck an iceberg that tore away her rudder and most of her keel. Half the ship's company took to the boats, only one of which survived the stormy 1300-mile voyage back to the Cape. A month later, through exemplary courage and seamanship and against all probabilities, the crippled Guardian herself sailed into Table Bay. The full and fascinating story of the Guardian's voyage is told here in the ship's logs and letters.

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• Title: The last voyage of the Guardian, lieutenant Riou, commander 1789-1791. Edited with an introduction by M.D. Nash.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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