I liked Mr. Richardson, liked him very much. The woolly-headed old reprobate still stood straight, despite his fourscore years; and the muscles of his one good arm bulged and rippled as he walked. He danced a hornpipe as he came over ...
It was left to others to penetrate the fastnesses of the Coral Sea and rub off the map both New Holland and Terra Australis Incognita. It must be a matter of regret, particularly to Holland, that their enterprising van Diemen was not ...
The Cruise of the Conrad
This book traces his sea-career, and shows how Captain Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski, master mariner, became Joseph Conrad, master novelist.
Posted Missing: The Story of Ships Lost Without Trace in Recent Years