Buck Whaley : Ireland's greatest adventurer /
Thomas 'Buck' Whaley was one of the greatest adventurers in Irish history. In 1788, he undertook an extraordinary ten-month journey from Dublin to Jerusalem for a wager of £15,000, equivalent to several million today. Nearly shipwrecked in the Sea of Crete, he almost died of plague in Cons...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Ryan, David
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland :
Merrion Press,
2019.
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