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Alan Villiers

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Australian writer (1903-1982)

Born 1903
Died 1982

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  • Cover of: Falmouth for orders: the story of the last clipper ship race around Cape Horn

    First published in 1929 7 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition falmouthfororder0000vill_d5a6 Cover of edition falmouthfororder0000vill_e2z3
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  • Cover of: Men, ships, and the sea

    First published in 1962 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition menshipssea00vill_0
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  • Cover of: Cruise of the "Conrad": a journal of a voyage round the world, undertaken and carried out in the ship Joseph Conrad, 212 tons, in the years 1934, 1935, and 1936 by way of Good Hope, the South Seas, the East Indies, and Cape Horn.

    First published in 1937 4 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Posted missing: the story of ships lost without trace in recent years.

    First published in 1956 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: By way of Cape Horn

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  • Cover of: Sons of Sinbad: an account of sailing with the Arabs in their dhows, in the Red Sea, around the coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganyika; pearling in the Persian Gulf; and the life of the shipmasters, the mariners, and merchants of Kuwait

    First published in 1940 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Vanished fleets: ships and men of old Van Diemen's land

    First published in 1931 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition vanishedfleetsse0000vill
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  • Cover of: The way of a ship: the story of the square-rigged Cape Horner

    First published in 1953 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: SONS OF SINDBAD: The Photographs

    First published in 1940 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Stormalong: the story of a boy's voyage round the world in a full-rigged ship.

    First published in 1938 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Vanished Fleets

    First published in 1974 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Way of a Ship (Hudson River Edition)

    First published in 1954 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The bounty ships of France: the story of the French Cape Horn sailing ships

    First published in 1972 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition bountyshipsoffra0000vill_n6n9
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  • Cover of: Cruise of the Conrad

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  • Cover of: The set of the sails: the story of a Cape Horn seaman

    First published in 1949 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Posted missing: the story of ships lost without trace in recent years

    First published in 1956 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Whalers of the midnight sun: a story of modern whaling in the Antarctic

    First published in 1934 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Whaling in the frozen south: being the story of the 1923-24 Norwegian whaling expedition to the Antarctic

    First published in 1925 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: And not to yield: a story of the Outward Bound School of adventure

    First published in 1953 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition andnottoyieldsto00vill
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  • Cover of: The quest of the schooner Argus: a voyage to the Banks and Greenland.

    First published in 1951 3 editions in 1 language
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Photo of Alan Villiers

Australian writer (1903-1982)

Born 1903
Died 1982
Subjects
Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Ships, History, Sailing, Sailing ships, Joseph Conrad (Ship), Navigation, Parma (4-masted Bark), Voyages around the world, Arabs, Biography, Fisheries, Shipping, Travel, Cats, Dhows, Explorers, Fishers, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Mayflower II (Ship), Merchant ships, Nautical training-schools, Sailors
Places
Indian Ocean, Antarctica, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Great Britain, 1805 Trafalgar, Battle of, Arctic regions, Cape Horn, Cape Horn (Chile), Coral Sea, Denmark, East Africa, France, Greenland, Indian Ocean Region, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Portugal, Ross Sea, Ross Sea (Antarctica), Tasmania
People
James Cook (1728-1779), Alan Villiers (1903-1982), Carl Anton Larsen (1860-1924), Cutty Sark, Horatio Nelson Nelson Viscount (1758-1805), Laeisz, Robert Hilgendorf, Stanley Goodchild
Time
20th century, 18th century, début XXe siècle

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Alternative names

  • Alan John Villiers
  • Allan Villiers

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June 13, 2023 Edited by mobe6674 Added new photo
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2013 Edited by Sai Shankar merge authors
September 12, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from University of Toronto MARC record.