Master of the moving sea : the life of Captain Peter John Riber Mathieson, from his anecdotes, manuscripts, notes, stories, and detailed records. [The epic of the ship’s boy of the Norwegian wooden barque Norma in 1885 who, wandering the world in craft of sail and steam through peace and war, rose to command fourteen vessels under the flags of five nations including the clipper Antiope, the lofty Carrabin, the mighty Moshulu, and, finally, in 1944, the United States steamer Joseph E. Wing]
TitleMaster of the moving sea : the life of Captain Peter John Riber Mathieson, from his anecdotes, manuscripts, notes, stories, and detailed records. [The epic of the ship’s boy of the Norwegian wooden barque Norma in 1885 who, wandering the world in craft of sail and steam through peace and war, rose to command fourteen vessels under the flags of five nations including the clipper Antiope, the lofty Carrabin, the mighty Moshulu, and, finally, in 1944, the United States steamer Joseph E. Wing]
Author
Place of publicationFlagstaff
PublisherJ.F. Colton & Co.
Year of publication1959
Paginationxvi, iii, 304, xxviii, 15 p.
Illustrationsillus., plan, ports.
Dimensions20 x 26 cm
Materialbook
Class numberG540 .M33 1959
NotesDavid MacGregor collection.
Given to David MacGregor by Karl Kortum.
Given to David MacGregor by Karl Kortum.
Persons keyword Peter John Riber Mathieson, 1871-1954