ISBN10: 1877427314, ISBN13: 9781877427312, [publisher: Wilsonscott, New Zealand] Hardcover 338 pages. tidy ex reference library -d/j plastic protected-heavy book check postage with us
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ISBN10: 1877427314, ISBN13: 9781877427312, [publisher: WilliamScott] Hardcover 338 pages. Small tear at top of djThis story covers fifty six years of maritime history, from the last six months of the Secon d World War until the year 2002. In December 1944, a young Scot b egan a seagoing career with one of Britain's oldest shipping comp anies, Alfred Holt &. Company, the Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool, which took him around the globe to many remote places. From the Molucca Islands in Indonesia; to Matadi, one hundred miles up the Congo in Africa; to the creeks and thousand islands of Burma and Thailand; to New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Hamburg; Broome in West Au stralia; Jeddah in Saudi Arabia; to Shanghai, Yokohama and to lit tle known parts of North Borneo; around the Pacific Islands and f inally to New Zealand. After fourteen years at sea, he began a ne w career as a marine pilot, which lasted for forty two years, pil oting ships in Penang Malaysia, three New Zealand harbours and in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Fifty six years after boarding his first s hip, Ian retired from the position of Harbour Master/Pilot in the port of Gisborne, Poverty Bay; where his namesake Captain James Cook first set foot on New Zealand soil. During this long and var ied career, Ian experienced North Atlantic convoys in wartime, a hurricane off the coast of Florida, survived three hours in shark infested waters in Lagos, Nigeria, witnessed a murder in the Cel ebes and tracked a tiger in Mala ...

Christchurch: Willson Scott Publishing, Date: 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very clean copy that is gift inscribed and signed by the author. This story covers fifty eight years of maritime history, from the last six months of the second world war until the year 2002. In December 1944, a young Scot began a seagoing career with one of Britain's oldest shipping companies, Alfred Holt &. Company, the Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool, which took him around the globe to many remote places. From the Molucca Islands in Indonesia; to Matadi, one hundred miles up the Congo in Africa; to the creeks and thousand islands of Burma and Thailand; to New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Hamburg; Broome in West Australia; Jeddah in Saudi Arabia; to Shanghai, Yokohama and to little known parts of North Borneo; around the Pacific Islands and finally to New Zealand. After fourteen years at sea, he began a new career as a marine pilot, which lasted for forty two years, piloting ships in Penang Malaysia, three New Zealand harbours and in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Fifty six years after boarding his first ship, Ian retired from the position of Harbour Master/Pilot in the port of Gisborne, Poverty Bay; where his namesake Captain James Cook first set foot on New Zealand soil. During this long and varied career, Ian experienced North Atlantic convoys in wartime, a hurricane off the coast of Florida, survived three hours in shark infested waters in Lag ...