The Cruise of the 'Alerte'

The Cruise of the 'Alerte'

The Cruise of the 'Alerte' - The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island...
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Author: Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick),1852-1925
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Language: English
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The Cruise of the 'Alerte'

The Cruise of the 'Alerte'

$17.85 $8.92

The Cruise of the 'Alerte'

$17.85 $8.92
Author: Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick),1852-1925
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Cruise of the 'Alerte' - The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad

In the course of a long cruise in the South Atlantic and up the South American rivers, in the years 1880 and 1881, with my little yacht the 'Falcon,' I found myself, more by accident than intention, in the neighbourhood of the small desert island of Trinidad. We were bound from Montevideo to Bahia, and, after running before a heavy pampero off the River Plate, we fell in with strong head winds, and had to thrash our way to windward for upwards of a thousand miles of choppy seas and boisterous weather, while the rain poured down upon us almost without cessation, as it not unfrequently does during the season of the northerly Brazilian monsoon. We steered a course away from the land to the eastward, hoping to meet with more favourable winds when we had obtained an offing of some four or five hundred miles. Vessels bound north from the Plate during the season of the northerly monsoon invariably pursue this plan, sailing as much as seven hundred miles close hauled on the port tack before they go about and make their northering. Thus it was that our course brought us in the vicinity of Trinidad, which lies in latitude 20 30 south and longitude 29 22 west, distant about seven hundred miles from the coast of Brazil, and my curiosity being aroused by the description of the islet in the 'South Atlantic Directory' I decided to land and explore it. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 38891
Author: Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)
Release Date: Feb 15, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

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