Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy Paperback - 2001
by Fergus Fleming
The author presents the story of John Barrow, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, who, after the Napoleonic Wars and for the next 30 years handpicked teams of elite naval officers and scoured the world in search of new lands. Photos & Illustrations. 4 maps.
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'To what purpose could a portion of our naval force be, at any time, but more especially in time of profound peace, more honourably or more usefully employed than in completing those details of geographical and hydrographical science of which the grand outlines have been boldly and broadly sketched by Cook, Vancouver and Flinders, and others of our countrymen?'
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- Title Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy
- Author Fergus Fleming
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Grove Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date April 9, 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9780802137944 / 0802137946
- Weight 1.52 lbs (0.69 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 5.95 x 1.14 in (22.86 x 15.11 x 2.90 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: British
- Ethnic Orientation: British
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.941
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Citations
- New York Review of Books, 08/09/2001, Page 14
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