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ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS
Hugh Edwards.
Published in 1966 Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, London. There
appears to hve been an earlier US edition, published by William Morrow
& Co, Inc. New York.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 206 pages, mono prints.
Tells the terrible take of the Dutch Esat-Indiaman Batavia,
lost in the Abrolhos Islands off Western Autralia in 1969. her wrecking
was one thing - the massacre that followed another terrible tragedy, especially
for the women and children. The book is in two parts, covering her history
and destruction, and subsequent discovery. There have been a few books
written on the Batavia, but it demonstrates th skill of this award-winning
author that this title is still in print.
Below: Probably the US edition. |
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SHIPWRECKS ALONG THE
SOUTHERN COAST
G.A. Nayler.
No date, no publisher. Probably early seventies, self
published.
Softcover, 96 pages, mono photos throughout, hand drawn
charts.
Geoff Naylor lived in Geelong and was one of the earliest,
and keenest, of wreck divers, exploring many wrecks at Port Phillip Heads
and along the western Victorian coastline. This small book gives a potted
history of the major wrecks, and the circumstances of the dive. Contains
material of some minor historical interest; the book itself is not scarce. |
