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THE SINBAD VOYAGE.

THE SINBAD VOYAGE.

THE SINBAD VOYAGE.
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THE SINBAD VOYAGE.

by SEVERIN**, TIM:

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels b/w lettering to front,white+pale blue lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain tan/brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip, and immaculate brown+white sea journey map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-238pp [paginated] includes crew list of ship (Sohar),author's foreword,13 chapters,48pp in 4 blocks - 2 of 16pp and 2 of 8pp apiece each, between pp64/5 + pp128/9,and pp96/7 + pp160/1 respectively, appendices (I+II); plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,separate contents+illus lists/tables,and to the rear,reverse of the last page the last and the acknowledgements page.
In 1976-77,Tim Severin crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a leather boat in order to prove that the Irish monk St Brendan could have discovered the American continent more than a thousand years ago.His book 'The Brendan Voyage.' was an international bestseller,published in sixteen languages.Now he has completed an epic new voyage (then 1980) more exotic and extraordinary even than the first - a recreation of one of the most famous travel stories of all time: the seven voyages of Sinbad the Sailor from 'The Thousand and One Nights'.
In 1980,in the Sultanate of Oman on the Arabian Sea,a replica was built of an Arab sailing ship of a kind that had not been seen for centuries - a vessel like those which navigated a quarter of the way round the globe in search of trade more than a thousand years ago.As in Tim Severin's previous exploit,the journey was based on meticulous research."Sohar" (named at the wish of the Sultan after the town said to have been Sinbad's birth place) was bult from trees personally chosen by the author from the forests of the Malabar coast in India.Not a single nail was used in the construction - the ship was tied together with some four hundred miles of coconut rope.With a crew of twenty, including eight Omani sailors,Sohar's 6,000 mile journey took her across the Arabian Sea to India,then to Sri Lanka and across the Indian Ocean to Sumatra and the Malacca Straits,and finally through the China Seas to Canton.En route the crew of 'Sohar' were obliged to swim among inquisitive sharks while repairing the rudder,catch rainwater to drink while becalmed in the Doldrums,and endure the battering of violent seas off the coast of Vietnam.They successfully tested the effectiveness of early Arab navigation methods,and finally arrived to a tumultuous welcome in China.
The story of the seven-and-a-half month voyage is told in 'The Sinbad Voyage.' - one of the most remarkable sailing stories of modern times and one that will become a classic in the literature of exploration.No one who has read Tim Severin's enthralling book will fail to agree with him that, although the voyages of Sinbad were full of myth and legend, they were based on the exploits of the Arab sea- faring merchants who plied the ancient spice route to the East.
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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
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Title
THE SINBAD VOYAGE.
Author
SEVERIN**, TIM:
Illustrator
illus with contemporary colour photographs.
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE-.
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0091505607
ISBN 13
9780091505608
Publisher
LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1982.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1982
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