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On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:39:59 GMT, (Mic) wrote:

The Circumnavigators:
Small Boat Voyagers of Modern Times
by Donald Holm
(c) 1974 by Donald R. Holm
originally published by Prentice-Hall, NY

- this electronic version was created with the permission of the
author.
- Note: the original photographs and maps illustrating the text were
not available. Those included in the electronic version were scanned
from a bound book. Please excuse their rough appearance. Pointing at
and clicking on any picture or map in the text should give you a
larger version of that picture or map.

I have this in hard cover. It's a pretty good read, even if the style
of writing is a little "Boys' Own Adventure/Ripping Yarns" for me.
Plenty of lesser-knowns and/or forgotten sailors' tales.

R.