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11 Maps and line drawings and 28 b&w illustrations.
Tracing the waxing and waning of the clipper age and the Cape run, recounting the rivalries between the Portuguese, the Dutch, the English and the French. Analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the vessels and the imprecise navigational methods which led to many shipwrecks and disasters at sea.