Sea Captains: Magellan, Drake, Marteilhe, Beaufort, Cochrane, Rodney

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So noble a captain : the life and times of Ferdinand Magellan. Plus five. London : Robert Hale, 1955. 8vo. xv, 318 p., illustrated. Black cloth boards. Dust jacket with wear and rubbing. Maps to lining papers. Bookplate of John Gibson. Wear and occasional foxing to contents. G. Plus, 'Drake' by Ernle Bradford. London [England] : Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. 8vo. 251 p., plates. Blue cloth boards. Dust jacket with fading to spine. Ex libris. G+. 'Galley slave : the autobiography of Jean Marteilhe. London : Folio Society, 1957. 8vo. xiii, 182 p., illustrated. Quarter bound. Ex libris. Mild browning to contents. G+. 'Beaufort of the Admiralty : the life of Sir Francis Beaufort, 1774-1857' by Alfred Friendly. London : Hutchinson, 1977. 8vo. 362 p., illustrated. Hard cover with dust jacket. Ex libris. VG. 'Cochrane : Britannia's last sea-king' by Donald Thomas. New York : Viking, 1978. 8vo. ii, 383 p., illustrated. Hard cover with dust jacket. Ex libris. VG. 'Rodney' by David Spinney. London : Allen and Unwin, 1969. 8vo. 484 p., illustrated. Hard cover with dust jacket. Ex libris. G+. [6].

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