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A SPECK ON THE SEA

Autor William Longyard
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 aug 2004
Contains more than seventy accounts of adventures in small boats. This book offers a collection of sea adventures in which small, unlikely crafts completed voyages against great odds. It features seafarers and feats of seamanship including Ed Gillet's kite-powered transpacific kayak voyage and Ben Lecomte's swim across an ocean for love.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780071440295
ISBN-10: 0071440291
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: McGraw Hill Education
Colecția International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Introduction

63 A.D. - Sixteenth Century / The Fogbound Past

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / Two Desperate Escapes

1865 - 1876 / Victorian Venturers

1876 - 1900 / The Paths of Glory

1900 - 1920 / A World to Conquer

1920 - 1930s / Lovers and Other Losers

The 1940s / Big Feat, Little Notice

The 1950s / Goofy and Gallant

The 1960s / Doing Your Own Thing

The 1970s / The Pursuit of Happiness

The 1980s / The Golden Decade

The 1990s / Records and Redux

The New Millennium / New Faces and Old

To Sea or Not to Sea / Conclusion

Appendix / Rowers and Other Strangers

Appendix / Other Notable Voyages

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index