Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
The Brendan Voyage
- Across the Atlantic in a leather boat
Engelsk Paperback
The Brendan Voyage
- Across the Atlantic in a leather boat
Engelsk Paperback

256 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage

Om denne bog

It has been described as the greatest epic voyage in modern Irish history.

Tim Severin and his companions built a boat using only techniques and materials available in the sixth-century A.D., when St Brendan was supposed to have sailed to America. The vessel comprised forty-nine ox hides stitched together in a patchwork and stretched over a wooden frame. This leather skin was only a quarter of an inch thick. Yet Severin and his crew sailed Brendan from Brandon Creek in Dingle to Newfoundland, surviving storms and a puncture from pack ice. The Brendan Voyage is Tim Severin’s dramatic account of their journey. This new edition of a book already translated into twenty-seven languages introduces a new generation of readers to an enduring classic.

Tim Severin didn’t prove St Brendan reached America, only that he could have, that it was possible. Brilliantly written, The Brendan Voyage conveys unforgettably the sensation of being in a small, open boat in the vastness of the North Atlantic, visited by inquisitive whales, reaching mist-shrouded landfalls, and receiving a welcome from seafaring folk wherever the crew touched land.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9780717139279
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0717139271
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
24 maj 2005
Længde:
18mm
Bredde:
138mm
Højde:
215mm
Forlag:
Gill
Oplagsdato:
24 maj 2005
Forfatter(e):