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A Watery Grave by Joan Druett
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin
The year is 1838, and after more than ten years in the planning, the famous United States Exploring Expedition is set to launch into uncharted waters from the coast of Virginia. A convoy of seven ships filled with astronomers, mapmakers, naturalists, and the sailors charged with getting them around the ...Show more
A Watery Grave (A Wiki Coffin Adventure Book 1) by Joan Druett
26.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin
It's 1838 and Wiki Coffin, half-blood Maori son of a Salem ship captain, waits on the banks of the Elizabeth River, Virginia. Pistols ready, he is scheduled to fight a duel but instead discovers a boat drifting with a dead woman inside. When the law arrives he is the immediate suspect and is placed unde ...Show more
Deadly Shoals (A Wiki Coffin Adventure Book 4) by Joan Druett
37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin
Wiki Coffin's ship, Swallow, has reached the Rio Negro, an area of remote Patagonia famous for its rough gauchos and desperate revolutionaries. An area where men have disappeared without a trace. As the resident linguist and captain's clerk on the US Exploring Expedition, Wiki is suddenly thrust into hi ...Show more
In the Wake of Madness by Joan Druett
21.00 NZD
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: good-very good
On May 25, 1841, the whaleship Sharon of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, set out for the whaling grounds of the northwestern Pacific under the command of Captain Howes Norris. A year later, while most of the crew was out on the hunt, Norris remained at the helm with four crew members - three of them natives f ...Show more
Run Afoul (A Wiki Coffin Adventure Book 3) by Joan Druett
27.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin
As the 1865 US Exploring Expedition heads into the port of Rio de Janeiro, one of the vessels collides with a Salem trading ship. Wiki Coffin, resident linguist of the famous convoy, is astonished to discover that the commander of the trader is none other than his father, Captain William Coffin. An inco ...Show more
Shark Island: A Mystery by Joan Druett
33.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin
Wiki Coffin, linguist aboard the U.S. Exploring Expedition, the famous voyage meant to put America at the fore-front of 19th century scientific discovery, brings many skills to his job. Whether he's translating native languages, assisting his good friend Captain George Rochester as unofficial first mate ...Show more
Shark Island (A Wiki Coffin Adventure Book 2) by Joan Druett
27.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin Adventure Ser.
Wiki Coffin, linguist aboard the U.S. Exploring Expedition, the famous voyage meant to put America at the forefront of 19th century scientific discovery, brings many skills to his job. Whether he's translating native languages, assisting his good friend Captain George Rochester as unofficial first mate, ...Show more
She Captains by Joan Druett
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
A look at maritime history from the female perspective. Joan Druett introduces a wide array of characters and re-creates their adventures. Learn about pirate queens, women who dressed as men to join unsuspecting crews and serve with honour, rescue workers and female captains.
The Notorious Captain Hayes: The Remarkable True Story of the Pirate of the Pacific by Joan Druett
36.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: General Adult
The incredible true story of William 'Bully' Hayes, the so-called 'Pirate of the Pacific': a story that separates the myth from the man. Famous throughout the Pacific, from the US to Australia and all points in between, Captain Bully Hayes has been the inspiration for writers ranging from Robert Louis S ...Show more
Tupaia - The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator by Joan Druett
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Tupaia, lauded by Europeans as 'an extraordinary genius', sailed with Captain Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour about the South Pacific, and interceded with Maori in NZ. Until now his story has never been fully told. Tupaia, a gifted linguist, a brilliant orator, and a most devious politician, cou ...Show more
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