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Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The Metropolitan Magazine
Author: Captain on the High Seas
Author: Capt. Augustine N. VarghesePublisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 194654051X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
“Only sixty candidates were to be selected from more than fifty thousand boys who had written the qualifying examination. One hundred and twenty candidates who got the highest marks in the examination would be called for interview in Bombay out of which sixty unfortunate boys would have to return home. Two seats were booked for boys from Ceylon – Sri Lanka. Our state of Travancore-Cochin of those days, later named Kerala, had a quota of six cadets.” In 1957, author Augustine Varghese was one of those boys chosen for a career in the Indian Merchant Marine. His life from the time of getting selected on the merchant training ship Dufferin covers his life through the ranks from apprenticeship as officer cadet, to getting Certificates of Competency, passing the final Master (Foreign-Going) Certificate, working on merchant ships as junior officer, senior officer, and finally as master (captain). The ship Dufferin was named in honour of Lord Dufferin, who had been a highly respected viceroy of the British Government to India. After being chosen from those fifty thousand applicants so many years ago, the author says, “It was almost miraculous that I stepped on that ship.” Here then is his exciting story of his life spent at sea.
The Captain of the Watch ... By J. R. Planché. (A Freely Rendered Translation from the Comedy by M. Lockroy, Entitled “Le Chevalier Du Guet.”).
Author: LOCKROY (pseud.)The Captain of the Watch
Author: James Robinson PlanchéPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Our Standard-Bearer
Author: Oliver OpticPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732688100
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Our Standard-Bearer by Oliver Optic
Morley Ernstein
Author: George Payne Rainsford JamesPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734012163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Morley Ernstein by George Payne Rainsford James
Dealings with the Firm of Dombey & Son
Author: Charles DickensCassell's Family Magazine
Author: Captain Nemo
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627932313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
The "man who invented the future," Verne created the prototype for modern science fiction. His prophetic 1870 adventure novel, featuring a bizarre underwater craft commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, predated the submarine. The crowning achievement of Verne's literary career, the book influenced H. G. Wells and later generations of writers.
Author: Walter Scott