Search Results for ‘Pacific Ocean’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’, ‘Maritime Travel Writing’ - 8 matches found
Top rated results
| Author: | Nathaniel Philbrick |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 128314 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A fascinating account of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes's 19th Century exploration of vast tracts of the Pacific Ocean, including the new southern continent of Antarctica.
During the voyage they surveyed...
| Author: | Gordon Chaplin |
| Publisher: | Pan Books |
| Catalogue number: | 93028 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
Dark Wind is the true story of Gordon Chaplin and his partner Susan Aitkinson. Both coming from broken first marriages, they rediscover passion and share a desire for adventure. But what started as...
| Author: | Rob Mundle |
| Publisher: | Adlard Coles Nautical |
| Catalogue number: | 119545 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
The Sydney to Hobart yacht race is one of the world's major sporting events. In 1998, it became one of the world's major sporting disasters. This is a vivid account of the tragedy as it gradually unfolded...
| Author: | Pamela Stephenson |
| Publisher: | Hodder Headline |
| Catalogue number: | 148983 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 2 weeks Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 2 weeks |
Pamela Stephenson (psychoanalyst, ex-comedienne, wife of Billy Connolly) follows in the intrepid footsteps of Fanny Stevenson, maverick wife of the even more maverick Robert Louis. They have much in...
| Author: | Adrian Flanagan |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
| Catalogue number: | 171283 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
SIGNED COPIES
In Over the Top, Adrian Flanagan recounts his journey as the first ever yachtsman to sail vertically around the world. One of the most difficult routes possible took Flanagan via Cape...
| Author: | Rolf Harris |
| Publisher: | Rolf Harris Productions |
| Catalogue number: | 84086 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
"Just before Sunrise Mr Christian and the master at Arms...came into my cabin while I was fast asleep, and seizing me tyed my hands with a Cord & threatened instant death if I made the least noise..." So...
Light Years: A Girlhood in Hawaii
| Author: | Susanna Moore |
| Publisher: | Haus Publishers Ltd |
| Catalogue number: | 159135 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Susanna Moore cannot remember her first encounter with the sea – it has always been part of her life. “Light Years: A Girlhood in Hawaii” is a marvelous book detailing how she grew up in Hawai’i in...
| Author: | James Taylor |
| Publisher: | Conway Maritime Press |
| Catalogue number: | 170371 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The Voyage of the Beagle by James Taylor brings together, for the first time in a single volume, the circumstances that set the Beagle voyage in motion and the characters who circumnavigated the world...
Showing items 1 to 8 of 8
Refine your search
Related search
Other Travel Writing & Other Literature for Pacific Ocean
Maritime Travel Writing for other places
Related articles
The European Discovery of the Pacific
It is a fascinating fact of cartographic history that the first world map to name the new continent of America was also the first to illustrate the existence of the Pacific Ocean. What's more, there is a mystery surrounding the origins of this remarkable map produced by Martin Waldseemuller in 1507...
Read more
The world’s largest map and travel book stores online