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FORTUYN'S GHOST
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| By: |
Mark Greenwood, Mark Wilson (Illus) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£17.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1920694773 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781920694777 |
| Publisher: |
UWA PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2007 |
| Pages: |
32 |
| Synopsis: |
From the award-winning Mark Greenwood ("The Legend of Lasseter's Reef" and "The Legend of Moodyne Joe") comes "Fortuyn's Ghost", a haunting tale of shipwreck on the high seas. In 1724, the Dutch East India Company ship Fortuyn vanished after leaving the Cape of Good Hope, bound for Batavia. Stowed below deck was the Company's trading cash (a rich cargo of silver ingots, bullion and coins), all sealed in ten oak money chests. "Fortuyn's Ghost" imagines the doomed ship's fateful voyage to its likely end on Western Australia's treacherous Shipwreck Coast - a place well known for nautical hauntings. |
| Reader Age: |
8-14 |
| US Grade: |
From Fourth Grade to Seventh Grade |
| Illustrations: |
colour illustrations throughout |
| Publication: |
Australia |
| Imprint: |
University of Western Australia Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |