THE COOL WEATHER ROUTE: TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA BY PASSENGER STEAMER IN THE 1880'S
Sydney, Australia: Rigby Publilshers Limited, 1981. Hardcover. 134 pp; fascinating account of the 1879 voyage from England to Australia on board the S.S. ORIENT which pioneered a new shipping route via the Cape of Good Hope; popularily called the "cooL weather route"; extensive details on the ship herself, the voyage.....