The Custom Of The Sea
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Author |
: Neil Hanson |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2011-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781446421963 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1446421961 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Custom Of The Sea by : Neil Hanson
On 5 July 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from Southampton bound for Sydney. Halfway through their projected one hundred and twenty day voyage, Captain Tom Dudley and his crew of three men were beset by a monstrous storm off the coast of Africa. After four days of battling towering waves and hurricane gales, their yacht was finally crushed by a ferocious forty foot wave. The survivors were cast adrift a thousand miles from the nearest landfall in an open thirteen foot dinghy without provisions, water or shelter from the scorching sun. When, after twenty four days, they were finally rescued by a passing yacht, the Moctezuma, only three men were left and they were in an appalling condition. The ordeal that they endured and the trial which followed their eventual return to England held the whole nation - from the lowliest ship's deckhand to Queen Victoria herself - spellbound during the following winter. This is the true story of the voyage and the subsequent court case which outlawed for ever a practice followed since men first put to the ocean in boats: the custom of the sea.
Author |
: Neil Hanson |
Publisher |
: Doubleday UK |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0385601158 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780385601153 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Custom of the Sea by : Neil Hanson
This is the story of the case that outlawed for ever a practice followed since man first put to sea in boats; the custom of the sea - that of drawing straws to survive by eating one of the members of the shipwrecked party.Neil Hanson has pieced together the story of the four survivors of the shipwrecked Mignotte cast adrift at sea for a terrifying 24 days without food or water and the ensuing trial.
Author |
: Keith Colwell |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2009-06-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781626369788 |
ISBN-13 |
: 162636978X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sea Survival Handbook by : Keith Colwell
A full-scale reference book for everyone boarding a seafaring vessel. The information is accessible, concise, up-to-date, and potentially life-saving. This is a weapon against ignorance at sea, and a no-brainer buy for all those who are interested in the safety of their passengers, their boats and themselves. The book covers everything from emergency radio operation, proper employment of safety equipment, to survival and first aid in the water. It also includes a full glossary and index. It was originally published in the UK this year by the Royal Yachting Association (RYA).
Author |
: Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher |
: SAMPI Books |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2024-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9786561332019 |
ISBN-13 |
: 6561332016 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by : Edgar Allan Poe
"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", a story by Edgar Allan Poe, recounts the adventure of Pym, who embarks clandestinely on a whaler. After a mutiny and various adversities, including cannibalism and natural disasters, the story culminates in a mysterious and inconclusive encounter at the South Pole.
Author |
: A. W. Brian Simpson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 1986 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0140083812 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780140083811 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cannibalism and the Common Law by : A. W. Brian Simpson
Author |
: Robin Rolf Churchill |
Publisher |
: Manchester University Press |
Total Pages |
: 142 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis The Law of the Sea by : Robin Rolf Churchill
Author |
: P. C. Cast |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2008-10-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781440632006 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1440632006 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Goddess of the Sea by : P. C. Cast
New York Times bestselling author P. C. Cast presents the first novel in her Goddess Summoning series... Home alone on the night of her twenty-fifth birthday, Air Force Sergeant Christine Canady yearned for something to cure her loneliness. After drinking too much champagne, she recited a divine invocation to revive her humdrum life. But how was she to know the spell would actually work? When her plane crashes into the ocean, CC’s life changes forever. She awakens, bewildered, to find herself in a legendary time and place ruled by magic—and in the body of the mythic mermaid Undine. But danger lurks in the waters, ready to swallow CC whole. Taking pity on her, the goddess Gaea turns her into a damsel, that she might seek shelter on land. But when a dashing knight comes to CC’s rescue—a dream-come-true she should be falling for—she instead aches for the sea and the darkly sexy merman who’s stolen her heart…
Author |
: Nathaniel Philbrick |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780007241798 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0007241798 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis In the Heart of the Sea by : Nathaniel Philbrick
The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued.
Author |
: Benjamin Woods Labaree |
Publisher |
: Mystic Seaport Museum |
Total Pages |
: 704 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:35007003106337 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis America and the Sea by : Benjamin Woods Labaree
Spanning the centuries from maritime activities before Columbus to the nation's maritime involvement today, this rich, complex archive provides a new history of the United States from the fundamental perspective of the sea that surrounds it, and the rivers and lakes that link its vast interior to the seacoast. 350 photos, 55 in color. 10 maps.
Author |
: John G. Rogers |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 1984 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822000484238 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Origins of Sea Terms by : John G. Rogers
"Contains 1,248 entries pertaining to life onboard ship, hulls and rigging, shiphandling, sea and weather conditions, and naval and technical terms"--Front flap of jacket.