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A Speck on the Sea

Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels

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An edition of Speck on the Sea (2003)

A Speck on the Sea

Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels

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Throughout history, the bold, the desperate, and the foolhardy have dared the wide oceans in the tiniest of boats The unique and wonderful A Speck on the Sea looks back half a millennium to chronicle the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest boats--rowboats, canoes, tiny sailboats, even a pair of wooden floats strapped to one adventurer's feet. Driven by desperation, a spirit of adventure, or irrepressible exuberance, these amazing feats include: * Diego Mendez's voyage to rescue Columbus * William Okeley's 1639 escape from slavery in a folding rowboat * Hugo Vihlen's 1968 ocean crossing in the six-foot sailboat April Fool * Ernest Shackleton and William Bligh's death-cheating journeys * The tragic story of Peter Bird's attempt to row across the Pacific * And many more Never have sailors dared the sea in frailer boats. This fascinating history will appeal to sailors and landlubbers alike.

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Pages
375

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A Speck on the Sea : Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels
July 1, 2003, International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
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First Sentence

"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHO MADE THE FIRST GREAT LONG journey in a small boat."

Classifications

Library of Congress
G540.L776 2003, G540 .L776 2003

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7299744M
Internet Archive
speckonseaepicvo0000long
ISBN 10
0071413065
ISBN 13
9780071413060
LCCN
2003007479
OCLC/WorldCat
51968994
Library Thing
2541809
Goodreads
1098080

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