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The Brendan Voyage

- Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints
Af: Tim Severin Engelsk Paperback

The Brendan Voyage

- Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints
Af: Tim Severin Engelsk Paperback
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Could an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning adventure writer Tim Severin painstakingly researched and built a boat identical to the leather curragh that carried Brendan on his epic voyage. He found a centuries-old, family-run tannery to prepare the ox hides in the medieval way; he undertook an exhaustive search for skilled harness makers (the only people who would know how to stitch the three-quarter-inch-thick hides together); he located one of the last pieces of Irish-grown timber tall enough to make the mainmast. But his courage and resourcefulness were truly tested on the open seas, including one heart-pounding episode when he and his crew repaired a dangerous tear in the leather hull by hanging over the side--their heads sometimes submerged under the freezing waves--to restitch the leather. A modern classic in the tradition of Kon-Tiki, The Brendan Voyage seamlessly blends high adventure and historical relevance. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages since its original publication in 1978.

With a new Introduction by Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming
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Could an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning adventure writer Tim Severin painstakingly researched and built a boat identical to the leather curragh that carried Brendan on his epic voyage. He found a centuries-old, family-run tannery to prepare the ox hides in the medieval way; he undertook an exhaustive search for skilled harness makers (the only people who would know how to stitch the three-quarter-inch-thick hides together); he located one of the last pieces of Irish-grown timber tall enough to make the mainmast. But his courage and resourcefulness were truly tested on the open seas, including one heart-pounding episode when he and his crew repaired a dangerous tear in the leather hull by hanging over the side--their heads sometimes submerged under the freezing waves--to restitch the leather. A modern classic in the tradition of Kon-Tiki, The Brendan Voyage seamlessly blends high adventure and historical relevance. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages since its original publication in 1978.

With a new Introduction by Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9780375755248
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0375755241
Kategori: Geografiske opdagelser og udforskning
Udg. Dato: 4 apr 2000
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 204mm
Højde: 133mm
Forlag: Random House USA Inc
Oplagsdato: 4 apr 2000
Forfatter(e): Tim Severin
Forfatter(e) Tim Severin

Kategori Geografiske opdagelser og udforskning

ISBN-13 9780375755248

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 304

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 204mm

Højde 133mm

Udg. Dato 4 apr 2000

Oplagsdato 4 apr 2000

Forlag Random House USA Inc