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162 p ill. (chiefly col.), ports
Summary:
An abridged version for young readers of the best-selling biography. The late Sir Peter Blake is known to all New Zealanders as the world's most celebrated and honoured yachtsmen/adventurer, the man who seized the America's Cup. In recent years, Blake turned away from international yachting to embark on a plan with the yacht Seamaster to draw attention to threats to the world's environment. Tragically, in late 2001, Blake was murdered by pirates aboard Seamaster at the mouth of the Amazon