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China Voyage Tim Severin

China Voyage By Tim Severin

China Voyage by Tim Severin


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The story of how six men and one woman made maritime history in April 1993, by sailing the Pacific on a bamboo raft to test the theory that Asian sailors reached America some 2000 years ago.

China Voyage Summary

China Voyage by Tim Severin

The story of how six men and one woman made maritime history: sailing the Pacific on a bamboo raft where every wave washed right through the structure. Their purpose was to test the theory that Asian raft sailors reached America some 2000 years ago. Forming a team of builders and riggers he constructed a 60-foot ocean-going raft from 220 giant bamboos, lashing them together with rattan. Named Hsu Fu, in honour of a Chinese mariner who was sent to explore the Pacific in the third century BC, the raft set out from Hong Kong on its epic voyage. They contended with pirates, fog, gales, breakages to spars and rigging, and the gnawing of bamboo beetles eating the very fabric of the raft. They took records of the birds, fish and whales - and pollution - they encountered, and supplemented their diet by catching fish by harpoon as well as hook and line. Broken ribs, a meeting with a killer whale, and the steady deterioration of their half-submerged vessel contribute to this remarkable tale. The crossing ended 5500 miles from Hong Kong after 6 months at sea - a modern record for raft journeys in hostile waters.

China Voyage Reviews

An extraordinary explorer. INDEPENDENT Tim Severin is one of the last of the old-style explorers... His deeds speak to us of the purity of achievement in an age where experience has become blunted by comfort and complacency. We watch then, awed. A vivid picture of the aching space of the ocean THE TIMES riveting account...he can certainly plan, take risks: and... he can excite. IRISH TIMES much of the pleasure of this fascinating book is due to his understanding of the politics of confinement in sometimes desperate situations. SCOTSMAN

About Tim Severin

Tim Severin has is the author of a series of books about his own explorations, and the holder of the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in County Cork, Ireland.

Additional information

GOR003113491
9780349106502
0349106509
China Voyage by Tim Severin
Used - Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
19951005
352
N/A
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