THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA

THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
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Title: THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
Author(s): HANSON, Neil
ISBN: 0471383899
Category: Exploration & Adventure
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Medium Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Published: 1999
Published By: John Wiley
Edition: 1st edition
Pages: 314

Condition

As new, only light shelf wear and spine fade. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

On May 19, 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from Southampton, England, bound for Australia. Halfway through the voyage, the crew were beset by a monstrous storm off the coast of West Africa, and the Mignonette was sunk by a massive forty-foot wave. Cast adrift a thousand miles from landfall with no food or water and faced with almost certain death, the captain resorted to a grisly practice common among seamen of the time: the "custom of the sea." While the others watched, the captain killed the weakest of them, the cabin boy, and his body was eaten.

In this riveting account of the ordeal of the crew and the sensational trial that followed, Hanson recreates the shocking events that held a nation spellbound.

Illustrated with monochrome images.

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