The Other Side Continent

As a published author who has been researching medieval texts and maps about the oceans of the world for twenty years, Michail Varvarousis presents in The Other Side of the Continent the incredible histories and mythologies of ancient voyages of exploration. The book includes 133 photographs, drawings, and watercolor paintings that illustrate how seafarers lived and worked and how their ships looked and operated. Varvarousis filled out his study of primary sources by interviewing archeologists, traditional shipbuilders, and sailors with experience in ocean voyages and ocean weather conditions, and himself sailing the open sea, many times pushing his boat and crew to the limits to better understand what those explorers of yesteryear experienced.

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