The Last Time Around Cape Horn: The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir
Autor William F. Stark Introducere de Peter Starken Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 noi 2004
A
memorable
tale
of
adventure
on
the
turbulent
seas
of
the
Great
Southern
and
Atlantic
oceans—on
one
of
the
most
historic
voyages
of
our
time—finds
its
way
into
paperback.
This
is
William
F.
Stark's
engrossing
memoir
of
the
last
leg
of
the
Grain
Race,
and
the
Pamir's
rounding
of
fearsome
Cape
Horn—the
storm-tossed
tip
of
South
America
just
600
miles
from
Antarctica—the
veritable
Mount
Everest
of
sailing.
In
1949,
the
crew
of
thirty-four
sailors
from
around
the
world
experienced
the
shipboard
life
of
the
seventeenth
century
on
a
four-masted
vessel
that
carried
hundreds
of
acres
of
sail.
In
128
days
the
Pamir
journeyed
16,000
miles
from
Port
Victoria,
Australia,
to
Falmouth,
England,
through
the
world's
stormiest
seas,
as
Stark
worked
on
decks
awash
with
huge
swells,
and
scrambled
up
ice-coated
rigging
to
manhandle
sails
on
masts
that
were
up
to
twenty
stories
high.
Contrasting
romance
with
the
realities
of
life
at
sea,
and
poignantly
evoking
the
love
affair
he
left
behind
to
join
the
Pamir,
while
punctuating
his
tale
with
illuminating
photos,
maps,
and
details
of
maritime
history,
Stark
has
written
a
thrilling
book
that
climaxes
the
fabled
era
begun
by
Cape
Horn
merchant
sailors
more
than
three
centuries
ago.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780786714612
ISBN-10: 0786714611
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 16 pages of black-and-white photos
Dimensiuni: 129 x 207 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0786714611
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 16 pages of black-and-white photos
Dimensiuni: 129 x 207 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books