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The Jason Voyage – the Quest for the Golden Fleece – Tim Severin

Published by Guild Publishing, London 1985. Octavo, 263 pages well illustrated and with charts etc. A very good near fine copy.

13th century BC and Jason sets sail in his galley to find the Golden Fleece. Legend or fact? From Greece across the Aegean through the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus and up along the Black Sea all the way to Colchis were Jason found the “fleece”’ and his bride Medea.

Tim Severin had already tested the legend of St Brendan who sailed a leather boat from Ireland to America. And repeated the voyages of Sinbad. For Jason he built a twenty-oar galley and repeated the 1,500 mile voyage … a few volunteer oarsmen were required! Superb mytho-archaeology [our word]

Tim Severin put it all into Jason and proved the possibility

$25.00

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Round the World Non-Stop – John Ridgway and Andy Briggs

Published by Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, England in 1985 a first edition. Octavo, 236 pages well illustrated from coloured photographs and with charts, diagrams and good technical content.

John Ridgway and Andy Briggs sailed their 57 foot ketch “English Rose VI” around the world non-stop in 1983/4. The departed from Ardmore in the far north-west of Scotland and made it all the way back in 203 days, then the fastest on record.

Ridgeway, another Voyager hero, formerly in the Parachute Regiment … rowed the Atlantic with Chay Blyth and sailed it single handed. He led expeditions to the upper Amazon, the Southern Andes of Patagonia, the Sahara and the Himalayas .. he also went round the world in the Whitbread race. Our sort of bloke.

Top class account of a record breaking voyage

$25.00

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Small Boat Against the Sea – Derek King and Peter Bird

Published by Paul Elek, London a first edition 1976. Octavo, 244 pages nicely illustrated. A very good copy.

The subtitle … “The story of the first trans-world rowing attempt” has to be taken with a pinch of sea salt as this unlikely pair “only” made it across the Atlantic. Regardless a pretty good achievement and a remarkable story. At the start there were three with the pretty Carol Maystone who jumped ship so to speak in Morocco … don’t blame her!

Derek and Peter had originally intended to have a bespoke rower built for the global trip. Lack of money canned that idea … but lady luck arrived and John Fairfax offered them the Britannia II in which he and Sylvia Cook had rowed across the Pacific.

Very readable honest account … exciting

$30.00

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Against All Odds (Around Alone in the BOC Challenge) – Alan Nebauer

First edition , McGraw Hill, 1996. Large format, octavo, 166 pages, endpaper maps, illustrated well and with concluding table of results and glossary of nautical terms.

Australian Alan Nebauer successfully completed the 1994-95 BOC “Single Handed Around the World Challenge”. He came fourth in Class II (12.2 – 15.2m).

Much more was achieved and experienced than simply that result. One the first leg across the Atlantic he rescued Josh Hall from the UK from his sinking Class I vessel Gartmore. This story alone makes the book a worthwhile read.

Then round the Horn with a Jury Rig and then trouble with the rudder … all very testing!

Sadly, it also records the death of Harry Mitchell from the UK who was lost at sea in very hard conditions approaching Cape Horn from the west.

Australian Nebauer in the “Newcastle Australia” makes it all the way … an incredible achievement

$30.00

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Two Against Cape Horn – Hal Roth

Published by Stanford Maritime, London a first English edition 1979. Octavo, 288 pages well illustrated with photographs and great charts supporting the exciting narrative. Very good near fine condition.

A quite remarkable book by the adventurous Hal Roth. With his wife Margaret they he had already completed a Pacific voyage that won them the Blue water medal of the Cruising Club of America.

Having purchased the “Whisper” they decided to Round the Horn but not before a most interesting sailing experience through the vast archipelago of islands to the north of the Cape.

The book is enhanced by references to great historic voyages through these channels. Including HMS Darwin on Beagle and before that Lord Anson and his fleet and the loss of the Wager.

Unfortunately, within striking distance of the Cape the Whisper is forced aground and damaged. Surprisingly, help is nearby, they are found and the boat repaired and they finally succeed with their objective.

A special book about the Horn and much more plus historical perspective

$30.00

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Map of the Middle East – Isaak Tirion – 1732

An original copper engraved map by Dutch cartographer Isaak Tirion (1705-1765) of the broader Middle East. Published in Amsterdam and dated in the plate 1732.

Very good original condition with centrefold as issued. Relief shown for all mountainous regions. Incredible detail throughout with many historical references. An extensive map taking in the whole of the area between the Red Sea, The Gulf, The Black Sea and the Caspian.

34cm by 26cm with borders to top and bottom, narrow at the sides. A good very clean example of a rare and detailed map.

Tirion produced several Atlases and Dutch town plans. Some suggest that his maps were based on those of Guillaume de L’isle although we see them as being much more detailed than de L’ísle’s standard.

Price $120.00 unframed

One of the best 18th Century Maps of the Region

$120.00

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The Jason Voyage – the Quest for the Golden Fleece – Tim Severin

Round the World Non-Stop – John Ridgway and Andy Briggs

Small Boat Against the Sea – Derek King and Peter Bird

Against All Odds (Around Alone in the BOC Challenge) – Alan Nebauer

Two Against Cape Horn – Hal Roth

Map of the Middle East – Isaak Tirion – 1732

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