The Wreck of the Penguin by Bruce E. Collins
$28.00
Bruce E. Collins recounts the loss of the Union Steam Ship Company’s Penguin in Cook Strait in February 1909. Illustrated with maps, plans and historical images, the book examines the vessel, the disaster and its place in New Zealand maritime history.
- Author: Bruce E. Collins
- Publisher: Steele Roberts
- Publication year: 2000
- Edition: First edition, 2000
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 128
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1877228281
- ISBN-13: 9781877228285
Condition: Pictorial covers have light surface rubbing and minor creasing and wear at the corners.
Book details
- Title
- The Wreck of the Penguin
- Authors
- Bruce E. Collins
- Publisher
- Steele Roberts
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- First edition, 2000
- Subjects
- NZ NON FICTION, Maritime, Bruce E. Collins, Steele Roberts, History, Shipwrecks, Cook Strait, Penguin
- Page count
- 128
- ISBN-13
- 9781877228285
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, HISTORY, NON-FICTION BOOKS, NZ BOOKS, NZ NON FICTION
Type: NZ NON FICTION
Category: @SHOPFLOOR, BOOKS, BRUCE E. COLLINS, COOK STRAIT, HISTORY, MARITIME, NON FICTION, NZ BOOKS, NZ NON FICTION, PENGUIN, SHIPWRECKS, STEELE ROBERTS
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