The Circumnavigators: Free E-Book
 

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.

http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/circumna/ci_a.htm

http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/c...a/ci_table.htm

It is some 489 pages


" CONTENTS (abreviated index posted only)

Chapter page

----------------------- ----


- I - THE PATHFINDERS

1 The Pilot of the PINTA 3

2 The Venturesome Viking 15

- II - BETWEEN TWO WARS


- III - AROUND THE BEAUTIFUL NEW WORLD


- xiii -

- V - THE GOLDEN GLOBES


26 Only Super Heroes Need Apply 245

- VI - THE MULTI-HULLS


- VII - THE PERMANENT ITCH


Author's Notes 432
(Note: the Author's Notes have been appended to each chapter at

the end of the chapter. They are presented here as they were
in the original book to preserve pagination, and reference to
them in the index reproduced below.)

Bibliography 466


- INDEX - 489


- xiv -
- ILLUSTRATIONS -


- xv -

In an age when mass society has rendered obsolete the
qualities of individual courage and independent thought,
the oceans of the world still remain,
vast and uncluttered, beautiful but unforgiving,
awaiting those who will not submit.
Their voyages are not an escape,
but a fulfillment.

~ THE SLOCUM SOCIETY ~ "

The Circumnavigators: Free E-Book
 

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.

The Circumnavigators: Free E-Book
 

I'm missing something in the thread, how do I down load the book?

rhys wrote:
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.

The Circumnavigators: Free E-Book
 

Point at the chapter, right mouseclick, save target as...


On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:16:10 -0400, Howard Peer
wrote:

I'm missing something in the thread, how do I down load the book?

The Circumnavigators: Free E-Book
 

rger version of that picture or map.

http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/circumna/ci_a.htm

Thanks. Also found on that website (go up one level) a

- Celestial Navigation - US Coast Guard pamphlet celnav.pdf - 11
Megabytes - revised 1988 - a complete, but short celstial navigation
presentation - about 170 pages long

- Seamans Secrets book 1 and book 2 a sixteenth century navigation
manual by John Davis.

- Law of Oleron one of the root documents in maritime law, codified in
the 1152, and other early maritime law codifications.