Nathaniel Philbrick

Sea of Glory (eBook, ePUB)

The Epic South Seas Expedition 1838-42

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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The dramatic story of the largest voyage of discovery in the history of the world, this is an astounding tale of courage, arrogance and adventure on the high seas from the author of 'In the Heart of the Sea'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007383856
• Artikelnr.: 40692917

Autorenporträt

Nathaniel Philbrick is a historian and broadcaster who has written extensively about sailing. He is director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies on Nantucket Island, and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association. He was a consultant on the movie Moby Dick. Aged 41, he has lived on Nantucket with his wife and two children since 1986. His previous book, 'In the Heart of the Sea' was a Top Ten best seller in hardback and paperback.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Young Ambition
1. The Great South Sea
2. The Deplorable Expedition
3. Most Glorious Hopes
4. At Sea
5. The Turning Point
6. Commodore of the Pacific
7. Antarctica
8. A New Continent
9. The Cannibal Isles
10. Massacre at Malolo
11. Mauna Loa
12. The Wreck of the Peacock
13. Homeward Bound
14. Reckoning
15. This Thing Called Science
16. Legacy
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index