The incredible voyage : a personal odyssey /: a personal odyssey. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tristan Jones.
• Authors: Jones, Tristan, 1924-1995
• Contents: Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Part One: To Strive ; 1: A Brave Concept ; 2: The Beleaguered Land ; 3: The Dead Sea ; 4: The Hostile Se ; 5: Running the Gauntlet ; 6: An Alien WInd ; 7: Ethiopian Interlude ; 8: Gate of Tears ; 9: Meadows of Gold ; 10: Islands Forbidden and Forgotten ; 11: Indian Ocean Paradise ; ; Part Two: To Seek ; 12: A Round of Cyclones ; 13: The Crystal Coast ; 14: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous ; 15: Round the Cape of Good Hope ; 16: Another Ocean Crossing ; 17: A Good Run Ashore ; 18: The Amazing Amazon ; 19: Hard Times ; 20: Bloody but Unbowed ; 21: Penal Paradise ; 22: West Indies Peepshow ; ; Part Three: To Find ; 23: Of Cabbage and Kings ; 24: Colombia--In and Out ; 25: A Forgotten Colony ; 26: Small Boat: Big DItch ; 27: Straining the Leash ; 28: A Near Disaster ; 29: A Real-Life Devil's Island ; 30: Against the Humboldt ; 31: Harking Back a Bit ; 32: Callao! ; 33: Kindred Spirits ; 34: A Splendid Reception ; 35: Among th Condors ; 36: Another Year: Another World ; 37: Where Angels Fear to Tread ; 38: The Floating Islands ; 39: Sailing on the Roof of the World ; 40: The Island of the Sun ; 41: Another Splendid Reception ; 42: Strange Encounters ; 43: Dances and Skeletons ; 44: A Trip to Town ; 45: Touch and Go ; ; Part Four: And Not to Yield ; 46: A Race Against Nature ; 47: High Comedy ; 48: Through the Clouds <br />49: Out of the Frying Pan ; 50: Into the Fire! ; 51: The Green Hell ; 52: The Valley of the Shadows ; 53: Beside the Green Pastures ; 54: The Crucified Land ; 55: Where the Ocean Meets the Pampas ; 56: El Supremo ; 57: The Wild Paraná ; 58: Some Bottle! Some Cork! ; 59: Triumph--and Disaster ; Postscript ; ; Appendix ;
• Publisher Details: Dobbs Ferry : Sheridan House
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
• Subjects: 910.45092; Ocean travel; Adventure and adventurers; Journeys
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493076307
• Related ISBNs: 9781493066773
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