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Incredible Voyage: A Personal Odyssey [Mīkstie vāki]

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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 426 pages, height x width x depth: 229x154x32 mm, weight: 630 g, 30 BW Photos, 11 Maps
  • Sērija : Sheridan House Maritime Classics
  • Izdošanas datums: 01-Aug-2022
  • Izdevniecība: Sheridan House
  • ISBN-10: 1493066773
  • ISBN-13: 9781493066773
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 426 pages, height x width x depth: 229x154x32 mm, weight: 630 g, 30 BW Photos, 11 Maps
  • Sērija : Sheridan House Maritime Classics
  • Izdošanas datums: 01-Aug-2022
  • Izdevniecība: Sheridan House
  • ISBN-10: 1493066773
  • ISBN-13: 9781493066773
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In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary saga--a six year voyage during which he a covered a distance equal to twice the circumference of the world--revealing both a rich sense of history an insuppressible Welsh wit.

With a singleness of purpose as ferocious as nay hazard he encountered, Tristan Jones would not give up--even after dodging snipers on the Red Sea, capsizing off the Cape of Good Hope, starving in the Amazon, struggling for 3,000 miles against the mightiest sea current in the world, and hauling his boat over the rugged Andes three miles above sea level to find at last the legendary Island of the Sun. And beyond lay te most awesome challenge of all--the tortuous trek through 6,000 miles of uncharted rivers to find his way back to the ocean.

Recenzijas

...well-told, embellished not only with hyperbole and idiosyncratic opinion, but with history, philosophy, even poetry....Romance is another word I would use: love of the sea, adventure, excitement, and he our errant knight, a direct descendant of Captain Ahab and Joshua Slocum. This gripping sea yarn is at once a riveting adventure story and a testament to human tenacity. In a salty, slashing style, he unfolds his extraordinary saga, revealing both a rich sense of history and an insuppressible Welsh wit. * Caribbean Compass * "There's no better [ Jones] book to start with than this one...It's a fantastic read. Don't miss it." * The Ensign *

Foreword xi
John Hemming
Acknowledgments xvii
PART ONE TO STRIVE
1 A Brave Concept
3(7)
Map: Track of Barbara from August 1969 to December 1969
5(5)
2 The Beleaguered Land
10(5)
3 The Dead Sea
15(6)
Map: Israel in 1970--71
17(4)
4 The Hostile Sea
21(8)
5 Running the Gauntlet
29(7)
6 An Alien Wind
36(6)
Map: Running the Arab Gauntlet Under Sail
40(2)
7 Ethiopian Interlude
42(5)
8 Gate of Tears
47(12)
9 Meadows of Gold
59(9)
Map: The Western Indian Ocean
61(7)
10 Islands Forbidden and Forgotten
68(4)
11 Indian Ocean Paradise
72(9)
PART TWO TO SEEK
12 A Round of Cyclones
81(5)
13 The Crystal Coast
86(7)
14 From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
93(5)
15 Round the Cape of Good Hope
98(4)
16 Another Ocean Crossing
102(4)
17 A Good Run Ashore
106(5)
18 The Amazing Amazon
111(8)
Map: The Middle Reach of Los Estrechos
117(2)
19 Hard Times
119(9)
20 Bloody but Unbowed
128(5)
21 Penal Paradise
133(5)
22 West Indies Peepshow
138(7)
PART THREE TO FIND
23 Of Cabbages and Kings
145(7)
Map: South America
146(6)
24 Colombia---In and Out
152(7)
25 A Forgotten Colony
159(14)
Map: The Lost Scottish Colony of Darien, Panama
167(6)
26 Small Boat: Big Ditch
173(6)
27 Straining at the Leash
179(4)
28 A Near Disaster
183(5)
29 A Real-Life Devil's Island
188(5)
30 Against the Humboldt
193(4)
31 Harking Back a Bit
197(6)
Map: A Woodcut Map Copied from a Map Made by Ptolemy
198(5)
32 Callao!
203(5)
33 Kindred Spirits
208(5)
34 A Splendid Reception
213(5)
35 Among the Condors
218(4)
36 Another Year: Another World
222(5)
37 Where Angels Fear to Tread
227(3)
38 The Floating Islands
230(5)
39 Sailing on the Roof of the World
235(10)
40 The Island of the Sun
245(13)
Map: The Island of the Sun, Lake Titicaca
246(12)
41 Another Splendid Reception
258(5)
42 Strange Encounters
263(9)
43 Dances and Skeletons
272(4)
44 A Trip to Town
276(6)
45 Touch and Go
282(9)
PART FOUR AND NOT TO YIELD
46 A Race against Nature
291(5)
47 High Comedy
296(7)
48 Through the Clouds
303(6)
49 Out of the Frying Pan
309(6)
50 Into the Fire!
315(5)
51 The Green Hell
320(7)
Map: The Green Hell
321(6)
52 The Valley of the Shadow
327(6)
53 Beside the Green Pastures
333(6)
54 The Crucified Land
339(5)
55 Where the Ocean Meets the Pampas
344(6)
56 El Supremo
350(4)
57 The Wild Parana
354(11)
58 Some Bottle! Some Cork!
365(5)
59 Triumph---and Disaster
370(10)
Postscript
378(2)
Appendix: Documents 380
Tristan Jones was one of the most prolific and best-loved authors of sailing stories. A Welshman, he left school at age 14 to work on sailing barges and spent the rest of his life at sea--in the Royal Navy, as a delivery skipper, and as a daring adventurer in search of new seagoing challenges. Jones wrote 16 books, including Encounters of a Wayward Sailor published by Sheridan House.