Book Review: The Way of a Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail (original) (raw)
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explorers had the misfortune to comefromthe nationthatproduced Hitler,and in parttheir relative obscurity is his legacy." [211]This,surely, isa simplistic andnarrowviewto adopt. As for the graphic, cartographic, and photographic dimension of the book, it mustbe said thatthis isso absolutely poor,andsometimes sowrong, thatto havehadnothingat allwould have been better. Nevertheless, anddespite suchshortcomings, Murphyprovides a goodaccountof German polar research, one that I enjoyed reading, and which I think otherswill as well, both for enjoyment and for goodbenefit.
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