Pacific SteamersDetailed history and listing of steam ships in the Pacific, changes in technology, with ships mainly from Australia, New Zealand, United States, and Canada. |
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
London to New Zealand | 12 |
THE VOYAGE OF THE GOLDEN AGE | 28 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Pacific Steamers Pacific Steamers, Will Lawson |
| Author | Will Lawson |
| Publisher | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1927 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 244 pages |
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