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The golden ocean / Patrick O'Brian.

Author O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000.

Description285 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm.

Note: GeneralOriginally published: London : Hart-Davis, 1956.

Abstract:Peter Palafox, son of a poor Irish parson, signs on as a midshipman, with Commodore Anson's excursion to circumnavigate the Earth in 1740. Together with his friend Sean, he sets out to seek his fortune, embarking on a journey of danger, disappointment, foreign lands and excitement.

ISBN:9780393315370

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Author
O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000.
Subject: Topical Term
Voyages around the world -- Fiction.
Midshipmen -- Fiction.
Subject: Geographic Name
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Index Term: Genre/Form
Sea stories.
Historical fiction.
Series:
Golden Ocean ; book 1