tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post3656205886724471305..comments2024-03-19T00:17:41.069+13:00Comments on Timespanner: The Great White Fleet, 1907-1909Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-87745380541569572122012-03-29T07:31:17.991+13:002012-03-29T07:31:17.991+13:00Admiral Sperry didn't live long afterward -- h...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stillman_Sperry" rel="nofollow">Admiral Sperry</a> didn't live long afterward -- he died in 1911.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-37562767986214971502012-03-29T01:47:03.766+13:002012-03-29T01:47:03.766+13:00I've read alot of the background to at PPast r...I've read alot of the background to at PPast re the admiration for Admiral Sperry http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TO19080815.2.3.1&srpos=5&e=-------10--1----2admiral+sperry--<br />Supposedly in Thames a little lane and nursing nursing home was named in his honourAltheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357158403656363194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-52483128695036399982012-03-26T18:28:23.767+13:002012-03-26T18:28:23.767+13:00Bear in mind, though, that the Maritime Museum isn...Bear in mind, though, that the Maritime Museum isn't a bookseller. They're out to make a profit -- something which has been made a bit more difficult by the fact that entry is free to those of us in the Auckland Region.<br /><br />I'm not annoyed. I made the choice to buy the book -- which I do have right now. A couple of free visits to the museum will even things out. :-)Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-65491388535313602472012-03-26T17:58:37.998+13:002012-03-26T17:58:37.998+13:00I like to support local retailers as much as possi...I like to support local retailers as much as possible but I'm sick of being ripped off by booksellers. $52 for the Reckner book seemed too much to pay, so I checked what it would cost from The Book Depository. They will post it to your home from the UK within a week for about half that amount. Here in Oz it would cost $18-76. I don't know exactly how much that is in your dollars but it Dennisnoreply@blogger.com