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Author Kåhre, Georg, 1899-1969.

Title The last tall ships : Gustaf Erikson and the Åland sailing fleets, 1872-1947 / by Georg Kåhre ; edited, and with an introductory chapter, by Basil Greenhill ; [translated from the Swedish by Louis Mackay] ; with a foreword by Edgar Erikson ; introduced by The Duke of Edinburgh.

Publication Info. London : Conway Maritime Press, 1978.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  623.8203 Q    Check Shelf
Edition English edition.
Description 208 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Note Translation of Under Gustaf Eriksons flagga.
Bibliography Bibliography: page 200.
Note Includes index.
Contents Åland's seafaring traditions -- To sea -- Tjerimai -- Ventures and gains -- The world wide abandonment of sail -- The last sailing fleet -- The wheat trade -- The headquarters -- Epilogue.
Subject Gustaf Erikson (Firm)
Sailing ships.
Shipping -- Finland -- Åland -- History.
Added Author Greenhill, Basil.
Added Title Under Gustaf Eriksons flagga.
ISBN 0851771343: £8.50
9780851771342
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