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This hardcover book is in very good condition
with a dust jacket which is also very good. Inside of book, pages are clean
with no stains. Ex-library edition with library stamp / card holder. A few
black and white pictures inside the book. Mylar cover over dust jacket.
BOOK DESCRIPTION FROM DUST JACKET:
Charles Gibson's
latest work is essentially a book of the sea, and even more of the great
pioneers of European and American exploration. Here are true accounts of
the voyages of great men renowned in history, those who risked everything,
and whose rewards were great.
We meet Pytheas, the
Phocaean scientist who visited Britain; we read of the long forgotten
voyages of Leif Eriksson, the earliest discoverer of America; Bartholomew
Diaz, who rounded the Cape of Good Hope; Vasco da Gama who discovered the
southern route to India; Columbus and his epic voyage across the Atlantic;
Magellan who endured terrible affliction in the Pacific; and the man whom
Charles Gibson calls "history's greatest explorer", James Cook.
Lastly the author
describes the most fantasic journey of all, the voyage of the US nuclear
submarine Nautilus beneath the Artic ice. This, as adventurous a journey
into the unknown as any of those undertaken by the great explorers of the
past, is a fitting conclusion to the often moving and always exciting
account of great courage and daring.
It is perhaps natural
that Mr Gibson should be abel to convey the lure of the sea to young
readers. A London-born schoolmaster, with three sons, he served for six and
half years in the Navy in World War II and now teaches yachtsmen navigation
and meteorology aboard the Cutty Sark.
In writing for young
people he has explored in fascinating detail the story of ships and the
sea. The history of the sailing ship was the theme of "Wandering Beauties"
Description continues on the back of the dust jacket.
A photo gallery of pictures from this book is shown below. Any
questions, please email me at
aldergrove@ppowner.com
