When ships were ships and not tin pots : the seafaring adventures of Captain Morris Barnes
An autobiographical account of the life of Captain Morris Barnes. Captain Barnes was born into a middle-class merchant family in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1850. The family owned a fleet of ships, allowing Barnes to go to sea for the first time at 11 years of age. Anecdotal in nature, this boo...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:cns/80667 2023-12-31T10:16:46+01:00 When ships were ships and not tin pots : the seafaring adventures of Captain Morris Barnes Barnes, William Morris, b. 1850 Wortman, Hilda Renbold (editor) Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador 1930 xiv, 466 p. : ill., music, port. image/jpeg; application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/80667 eng eng Albert & C. Boni New York, NY (94.98MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/WhenShipsWereShips.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books G 530 B36 RARE c.3 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/80667 Centre for Newfoundland Studies Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies Barnes William Morris 1850- Seafaring life Text Book 1930 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z An autobiographical account of the life of Captain Morris Barnes. Captain Barnes was born into a middle-class merchant family in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1850. The family owned a fleet of ships, allowing Barnes to go to sea for the first time at 11 years of age. Anecdotal in nature, this book by Barnes tells the tale of many of his adventures both at sea and on land. This copy Joseph R. Smallwood Collection 2003 and has special binding with JRS embossed on spine. -- "Illustrations by Francis Shields". Book Newfoundland Newfoundland studies Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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An autobiographical account of the life of Captain Morris Barnes. Captain Barnes was born into a middle-class merchant family in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1850. The family owned a fleet of ships, allowing Barnes to go to sea for the first time at 11 years of age. Anecdotal in nature, this book by Barnes tells the tale of many of his adventures both at sea and on land. This copy Joseph R. Smallwood Collection 2003 and has special binding with JRS embossed on spine. -- "Illustrations by Francis Shields". |
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Barnes, William Morris, b. 1850 Wortman, Hilda Renbold (editor) |
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When ships were ships and not tin pots : the seafaring adventures of Captain Morris Barnes |
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When ships were ships and not tin pots : the seafaring adventures of Captain Morris Barnes |
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When ships were ships and not tin pots : the seafaring adventures of Captain Morris Barnes |
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When ships were ships and not tin pots : the seafaring adventures of Captain Morris Barnes |
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When ships were ships and not tin pots : the seafaring adventures of Captain Morris Barnes |
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when ships were ships and not tin pots : the seafaring adventures of captain morris barnes |
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Albert & C. Boni |
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1930 |
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Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Newfoundland Newfoundland studies |
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Centre for Newfoundland Studies Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies |
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(94.98MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/WhenShipsWereShips.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books G 530 B36 RARE c.3 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/80667 |
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