46 Results for : marquesas
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Sailing the Ogre: A Log of a Woman Wanderer : Annotated , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 235min
Mabel Stock, her brother Ralph, and their friend buy a 45-foot gaff-rigged sailboat after World War I and from 1919 to 1920 sail it half-way across the world. They are one of the first cruising yachts to transit the Panama Canal in the Ogre sailboat. They go on to sail the South Pacific. This is one of the earliest accounts of a sailing yacht cruise authored by a woman. Mabel Stock joins the ranks of the Captain J. C. Voss and Joshua Slocum as an earlier pioneer of long-distance cruising in small sailing yachts. Mabel Stock and other crew sail from England to Spain, the Canary Islands, Barbados, Panama, the Galapagos, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Tahiti, Palmerston Atoll, and Nukualofa, Tonga.This was first published under the title of A Log of a Woman Wanderer in 1923 by William Heinemann Ltd., London. The 2019 Oxriver Publishing edition edited by Dr. Linus Wilson is annotated to bring out the historic significance of the text. This new version is edited to improve its readability for modern sailors. Mabel Stock died in 1941. This was her only book. In the text is a rare biography of the author created from consulting government documents and other, original source material. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Linus Wilson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/140980/bk_acx0_140980_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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In the South Seas
In the South Seas ab 39.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in the Marquesas Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises on the Yacht. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben,- Shop: hugendubel
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In the South Seas
In the South Seas ab 23.49 € als Taschenbuch: Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in the Marquesas Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises on the Yacht. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Reise, Reiseführer, Asien,- Shop: hugendubel
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DuMont Reise-Handbuch Reiseführer Südsee
Für die 5. Auflage des DuMont Reise-Handbuches war die Autorin Rosemarie Schyma wieder wochenlang unterwegs. Dabei hat sie nicht nur weitere empfehlenswerte Unterkünfte und Restaurants entdeckt, sondern auch neue Angebote auf den Cook-Inseln - darunter das Progressive Dinner, eine kulinarische Tour zu einheimischen Gastgebern, und die Pedelecs, die ab sofort eine Inselumrundungen wesentlich angenehmer gestalten. Leuchtend weiße Bilderbuchstrände, sich im Wind wiegende Kokospalmen, türkisfarbene Lagunen und winzige Atolle inmitten der Unendlichkeit des Pazifischen Ozeans - die Südsee übt eine ungebrochene Faszination aus. Von Suva, dem größten urbanen Zentrum im Südpazifik, bis zu den abgelegenen Austral-Inseln werden alle sehenswerten Regionen und Städte beschrieben.Zu jedem Kapitel präsentiert eine Doppelseite "Auf einen Blick" die Highlights, die schönsten Routen, aktive Naturerlebnisse und besondere Tipps der Autorin. Ort für Ort hat Rosemarie Schyma ausgesuchte Unterkünfte, Restaurants oder Einkaufsadressen zusammengestellt, die in den Cityplänen eingezeichnet sind. Radtouren und Wanderungen erschließen die schönsten Landschaften, etwa den Koroyanitu National Heritage Park bei Abaca auf Viti Levu (Fidschi) oder das Haka'ui-Tal bis zum Te Vaipo, einem der höchsten Wasserfälle der Welt, auf der zu den Marquesas gehörenden Insel Nuku Hiva (Französisch-Polynesien).Viel Wissenswertes über die Südsee, über die Geschichte und Gegenwart oder den Alltag der Menschen, lässt sich in der einführenden Landeskunde wie in den eingestreuten Themenseiten nachlesen.Für eine rasche Orientierung sorgen die detaillierte Extra-Reisekarte im Maßstab 1:38.000.000, eine Übersichtskarte mit den Highlights sowie 18 Citypläne, Wander- und Routenkarten.- Shop: buecher
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To the South Seas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 548min
Soon we could see the outline of the great fish through the dark water, as it swam slowly along. It was like a barn door just under the surface, a big barn door, with cavernous mouth and two arm-like feeders. Giant Sea Bats, Land Crabs, Lap Dragons, untouched islands and native villages are visited by Gifford Pinchot the father of modern environmentalism, and Chief of the United States Forest Service under Theodore Roosevelt. Gifford Pinchot, with his family, explores the Galapagos Islands, the Marquesas, the Tuamotu Archipelago and Tahiti in 1929, before the South Seas was changed forever by modern civilization and war. The To the South Seas adventure really began when Gifford Pinchot bought a three mast, topsail schooner, 148 feet in length, of steel construction and spent several busy months refitting the ship. As Pinchot wrote: This was to be no mere yachting trip. It was to be a scientific expedition, for adventure seasoned with science is the very best kind. On March 31, 1929, Gifford Pinchot, his wife, Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, their young 13-year-old son Giff, and his friend Stiff Stahlnecker boarded their ship, the Mary Pinchot, in New York City, along with a crew and experts from the National Museum in Washington and various scientific organizations. Their goal was to collect specimens from the islands they planned to visit. Also on board were a physician and a photographer. The Galapagos Islands held special interest for Pinchot. These were the islands explored by Charles Darwin in the Beagle, in 1831. Darwin's observations of the animal life on these isolated islands led to his book in 1859, On the Origin of Species, proposing a theory of evolution. As an important and respected environmentalist, Pinchot wanted to examine the varied animal life himself.The Pinchot Family s adventure was not without accidents. On board a private ship, sailing their own course, they were on their own, ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andre Stojka. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/102746/bk_acx0_102746_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Shining Sea: David Porter and the Epic Voyage of the U.S.S. Essex during the War of 1812 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 684min
A few months after the outbreak of the War of 1812, Captain David Porter set out in the USS Essex on an epic, 17-month cruise to the South Seas. Porter was pursuing fame and riches, and by most accounts his odyssey was a stunning success: it brought glory to the fledgling American navy, cemented Porter's reputation as a daring and talented commander, and has long been celebrated as one of the greatest maritime adventures in U.S. history. Less well known, however, is the terrible price that the crew of the Essex paid for their captain's outsized ambitions. In The Shining Sea, award-winning historian George C. Daughan tells the full story of Porter's thrilling, action-packed voyage, revealing the heights of Porter's hubris and the true depths of his failure on this fateful cruise. Intent on achieving personal glory, Porter made the treacherous journey around Cape Horn and into the Pacific Ocean, where he planned to capture a British man-of-war. From Valparaiso to the Galapagos to the Marquesas, the Essex roamed the South Seas, seizing British whaling and merchant ships, wreaking havoc on British commerce, and earning Porter and his men wealth and acclaim. Flush with his victories, Porter welcomed the news that a British frigate the HMS Phoebe was on his tail, and he resolved to capture her. But Porter could not overcome the Phoebe's superior firepower. Over the course of a desperate, bloody battle, he lost the Essex and over two-thirds of her crew a shocking end to a daring journey. A swashbuckling tale of risk and ruin on the high seas, The Shining Sea brings to life the monomaniacal quest of one of the most misunderstood commanders of the War of 1812. Porter's singular voyage, Daughan shows, stands as a cautionary tale for any leader who would put personal glory and ambition ahead of cause and countrymen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Baskous. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014108/bk_adbl_014108_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Best of Melville (eBook, ePUB)
This carefully crafted ebook: "Best of Melville: Moby-Dick + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick + Typee + The Piazza Tales (The Piazza + Bartleby + Benito Cereno + The Lightning-Rod Man + The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles + The Bell-Tower) + The Confidence-Man" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of contents: Moby-Dick D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick Typee The Piazza Tales (The Piazza; Bartleby; Benito Cereno; The Lightning-Rod Man; The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles; The Bell-Tower) The Confidence-Man Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge. D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile which he called his "savage pilgrimage." Lawrence is now valued by many as a visionary thinker and significant representative of modernism in English literature. Typee is Herman Melville's first book, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842.- Shop: buecher
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Islands of the South Pacific: Tahiti Moorea Bora Bora the Marquesas the Cook Islands Tonga & Beyond
Islands of the South Pacific: Tahiti Moorea Bora Bora the Marquesas the Cook Islands Tonga & Beyond: ab 5.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Die Welt der 'Enana
Die Welt der 'Enana - Eine Reise durch Geschichte und Gegenwart der Marquesas-Inseln: ab 5.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Tikimania
Tikimania - Bernd Zimmer die Marquesas-Inseln und der europäische Traum von der Südsee: ab 38 €- Shop: ebook.de
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