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Ships and Sailors by Mark Kirtland

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Part of Secret Histories series

Summary

Looks at the bizarre, frightening and little-known aspects of popular historical subjects. This light-hearted glance at the lesser-known facts of seafaring, including the dried elephant's penis whip used to beat galley slaves in ancient times, will add interest to the study of history.

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Ships and Sailors by Mark Kirtland

This book looks at the bizarre, intriguing a nd little-known aspects of popular historical subjects. It i s crammed full of hidden and weird histories of sailing and lawbreaking. Facts will fascinate the land-lubber and shock the hardy seafarer. '

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SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780749620004
ISBN 10 0749620005
Title Ships and Sailors
Author Mark Kirtland
Series Secret Histories
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Year published 1996-02-01
Number of pages 32
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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