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Record #170646:

The set of the sails: the story of a Cape Horn seaman / Alan Villiers.

Title: The set of the sails: the story of a Cape Horn seaman / Alan Villiers.
Author(s): Villiers, Alan.
Date: 1974.
Publisher: London: White Lion
Abstract: Autobiographical account of Alan Villiers' rise from able seaman to master-owner, including his experiences aboard Norwegian whaling ships in the Arctic.
Notes:

Originally published: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949.

Keywords: 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry: Norwegian.
92 -- Biographies: Villiers, Alan.
X -- Biographies and obituaries.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: 92[Villiers, A.]
ISBN: 0856171352
SPRI record no.: 170646

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