Bass Strait Crossing - Tasmanian shipping history, written by master mariner GW Cox | 1986 [USED – HCDJ]

A Tasmanian shipping history, written by George Weymouth Cox (1909–1992) — a master mariner whose own life and career are told in the biography A Hand on the Helm, also in our stock.

The book is structured in five parts: the discovery and occupation of Bass Strait, Western Port and Port Phillip Bay (1797–1804); a history of the Bass Strait ferries "in the wake of the pioneers," through the coming of steam, competition, the turbine era and the seaward move to Tasmania; a section on ships, including Bass Strait ferries past and present and selected ships and people; and a section on the airways across Bass Strait, with a glossary, select bibliography and index.

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BOOK DETAILS

• Hardcover book with dustjacket
• Published 1986. Now out of print.
• 371-pages, indexed
• Illustrated with black and white images throughout.
• Approximate size 25cm x 17.5cm

CONDITION

This is an out-of-print book; it is in USED but generally good condition. 

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