The Building of the “Chauncey Maples”.

Name: The Building of the “Chauncey Maples”.
Author: Anderson-Morshead, A. E. M.

Book Description

First edition. 8vo. pp. 124, [4, pubs. ads.]; photo. plates; minor spotting, previous owner’s presentation inscription to front pastedown, very good in original cloth with illustration of the boat to front board, gilt, rubbed and, loosely inserted, a postcard of the S.S. Chauncey Maples.

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An uncommon account of the construction and transportation of the Universities’ Mission ship Chauncey Maples. Built in Rutherglen, Glasgow, the ship was disassembled and transported to Lake Malawi in parts, including the 11-ton boiler. From their arrival at East Africa the parts were hauled overland by 450 Ngoni tribesmen, and she was reassembled and launched in 1901. The present work contains the history of the ship, and of her initial years of operation.

Author Anderson-Morshead, A. E. M.

Date 1903

Binding Original cloth

Publisher London: The Universities’ Mission to Central Africa

Condition See description

Pages 124, [4, pubs. ads.]

Price: £125.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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