Travel & Voyages

Into the Blue – Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before – Tony Horwitz.

Published by Allen & Unwin in 2003 a substantial softcover, 480 pages, illustrated appropriately, very good like new condition.

Horwitz follows James Cook as if on all three of his famous voyages of exploration. From the very first page this book has you hooked in what Bill Bryson describes as an “enthralling excursion around the Pacific”. Even for those that have read the first hand accounts and the monumental works of Beaglehole we suggest this will provide a new perspective

Captain Cook by Horwitz – a new take with superb perspective.

$25.00

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Where the Ocean Meets the Sky [Single handed Transatlantic Crossing] – Crispin Latymer.

Published by Adlard Coles in 2009 a 216 page softcover nicely illustrated from original photographs.

At 50 many of us wish to do something adventurous … Crispin Latymer was a seasoned coastal yachtsmen. To cross the Atlantic alone was the challenge he put upon himself … and what an adventure. Pirates off the coast of Africa before he turned westward for his Ocean run … only to meet Storm Delta …. And entertaining adventurous story.

Hit the 50? … try your hand at something challenging!

$20.00

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500 Days – Around the World On a Twelve Foot Yacht – Serge Testa – Signed First Privately Published

A pretty rare softcover privately published by the adventurer in Aspley a suburb of Brisbane in 1988.

216 pages, illustrated from original photographs and sketches (including maps) by the author. A little turned at the corners and the very odd mark, otherwise very good condition.

Whilst some records show the smallest boat to circumnavigate was Kuczynski in May 2018 in a 21 foot vessel … we cannot understand that claim as the Serge Testa’s “Acrohc” was 40% smaller at 12 feet.

Surely cannot really be beaten – 12 foot around the World.

$25.00

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A Voyage for Madmen [Golden Globe Race] – Peter Nicholls

First edition softcover published by Harper in 2001. 301 pages plus list of “sources and permissions”, nicely illustrated from original photographs. A very good copy.

This is the story of the infamous Golden Globe Race when nine individuals competed to complete the fastest single handed race around the world. The outcome was not good bar for one. Some were novices or near so at the time and would go on to become masters of the craft.

The individuals were John Ridgway, Chay Blyth, Robin Knox-Johnston, Bernard Moitessier, Loick Gourgeron, Bill King, Nigel Tetley, Alex Carozzo and Donald Crowhurst. The book brilliantly takes one through the adventures, disasters and accomplishments of each.

Nine good men at the helm – alone

$25.00

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Riddle of the Titanic – Robon Gardiner & Dan Van der Vat

Published by Weidenfield and Nicolson, London in 1995 a first edition soft cover. 312 pages, nicely illustrated. A very good copy.

Regarded as one of the more thorough Titanic books, with much about the before and aftermath. Written in the context of the finding of the wreck ..

Questions remain unanswered … Why was the man at the helm when she hit the iceberg packed off to South Africa? … Why did her reluctant Chief Officer still feel uneasy about a ship on which he had never sailed before … and, Why did one of her stewards “wish the bally ship at the bottom of the sea”?

Titanic well researched and written …

$25.00

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Report to The Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of the Territory of New Guinea from 1st July 1930 to 30th June 1931.

A very good, near fine copy of the annual report on all things New Guinea. The Council of the League of Nations was the first inter-Governmental organisation formed to maintain world peace. It was established after WWI, the consequences of which saw the administration of New Guinea pass from German to Australian hands.

Foolscap, stapled, 130 pages plus large folding coloured map at rear. Printed in Canberra by L.F. Johnston for the Commonwealth Government.

We are always taken aback by the depth and detail of these reports. The key items of interest, we believe, are … the report on the state of gold mining and associated aviation activities … Edie’s Creek was just starting to produce; the District Patrols; the lengthy report from Sir Hubert Murray on his mammoth tour covering 4,440 miles in the steam yacht Franklin … and the super coloured map 72cm by 34cm.

Complete New Guinea report during the gold discovery era, special tour by Hubert Murray and fine map of “influence”.

$120.00

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Into the Blue – Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before – Tony Horwitz.

Where the Ocean Meets the Sky [Single handed Transatlantic Crossing] – Crispin Latymer.

500 Days – Around the World On a Twelve Foot Yacht – Serge Testa – Signed First Privately Published

A Voyage for Madmen [Golden Globe Race] – Peter Nicholls

Riddle of the Titanic – Robon Gardiner & Dan Van der Vat

Report to The Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of the Territory of New Guinea from 1st July 1930 to 30th June 1931.

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