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The logbooks describe his 51 voyages, from to decemberthe second logbook (navigando di domenico barberiis) starts with a quotation from mussolini and a glued clipping, next come 25 more voyages on several ships whose flags are drawn and coloured at the beginning of each voyagehalf leather binding with marble cover in very good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe logbooks also report the shipwreck of the schooner “gilda”first seven voyages are with the schooner gilda, ending with the shipwreck; then other 18 voyages follow, for a total of 25 voyagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletotal logbooks pages are approxthere are also two photos, certainly among the still extant few (if any) of this schooner shipwrecked in the mouth of the river ombronethe “il tirreno” newspaper wrote an article about him, highlighting his talent for writing, although he probably received only a rudimentary educationthe first logbook (viaggi e memorie di domenico barberiis) starts with a quotation from gabriele d’annunzio and then goes on describing 257 lighthouses, headlights, landmarks and buoys in the mediterranean sea, followed by a description of 69 signal stations and their services and a dictionary with 84 entriesafter the voyages come several lists with name, tonnage and other infos of many sailboats of the time, with hand coloured flags from the international code and instructions on how to use themnext follows the section where each voyage report is preceded by a poemtwo rare logbooks which had once belonged to domenico barberis, former mariner and later sea captain from early 20th centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedomenico the ship boy describes moment by moment the shipwreck of the schooner as if telling a tale, thus demonstrating his ability in expressing his own realitythere are also some pen drawings and post-itsthe manuscripts are in very good condition, with minor mildew stains here and therethose manuscripts talk about the many routes, piers, lighthouses, symbols and flags of the sea and harbour facilities of the time, and also talk about the shipsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisafe packaging and courier shippinga third logbook completing the series is preserved in the national archives of pieve santo stefano
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