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62) The bamboo sword
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In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
63) My Clementine
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"A longtime captain of a refrigerated cargo ship named Clementine narrates the many adventures of the ship, from its building in the 1930s through the next five decades of travel"--
64) Cabin boy
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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A snobby school boy mistakes a pirate ship for his father's yatch and experiences misadventures.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"In this remarkable collection of illustrated private journals, log books, letters, and diaries, we follow firsthand the voyages of intrepid sailors from the frozen polar wastes to South Seas paradise islands. And we meet a fascinating cast of real characters: officers and crew, cooks and whalers, surgeons and artists, explorers and adventurers- including Antonio Pigafetta, an Italian who sailed with Magellan; Tupia, a Tahitian who joined Captain...
66) Fox and the box
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A fox sets out across the sea in a floating box on a grand adventure full of endless possibilities.
67) Betrayal
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Thomas Kydds daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham: South Americas Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest. Rumors of a treasure hoard of Spanish silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the capital of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate in Buenos Aires. Navigating the treacherous bars and mud flats of the river, the British invasion force wins...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Chloe Neill's bold, seafaring heroine Captain Kit Brightling sets sail for the high seas and high sorcery in this swashbuckling fantasy series. Captain Kit Brightling is Aligned to the magic of the sea, which makes her an invaluable asset to the Saxon Isles and its monarch, Queen Charlotte. The Isles and its allies will need every advantage they can get: Gerard Rousseau, the former Gallic emperor and scourge of the Continent, has escaped his island...
69) The castaways
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Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies.
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Kydd novels volume 5
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In this fifth adventure Kydd passes a tough examination for his lieutenancy but feels out of place among the high born officers. Later he is caught up in the intrigue surrounding the birth of the American Navy and must use quick wits and superior seamanship to survive.
75) Cabin boy
Pub. Date
1994.
Description
A spoiled rich kid's plans for a ritzy Hawaiian cruise backfire when he gets lost at sea with a gang of salty old sailors that teach him lessons in life.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"In an engaging and anecdotal social history, Maiden Voyages explores how women's lives were transformed by the Golden Age of ocean liner travel between Europe and North America. During the early twentieth century, transatlantic travel was the province of the great ocean liners. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women, whose lives were transformed by their journeys between the Old World and the New. Some travelled for leisure, some...
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Adventures of pug volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Pug is going on a seafaring adventure. He's had jam tarts for breakfast. He's wearing a smart sailor suit. There's just one problem. Pug is afraid of the water!"--
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Bloody Jack adventures volume 7
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
In 1806, star-crossed lovers Jacky Faber and Jaimy Fletcher are kidnapped by British Naval Intelligence and forced to embark on yet another daring mission--this time to search for sunken Spanish gold off the Florida coast.
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