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Charco Harbour: A novel of unknown seas and a fabled shore passaged with coral reefs and magnetical islands, of shipwreck and a lonely haven--the true ... great navigators, his bark and the men in her

Godfrey Blunden

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Description:1768. War has broken out in Europe and the British Admiralty wants a base in the western pacific. So Captain James Cook and a company of nearly 100 seamen and philosophers are dispatched into those beautiful but perilous seas that lie between Terra Australis Incognita and the Great Barrier Reef, the never-before-penetrated realm of fin-back whales, sea-serpents, manatee, turtles and sharks, a maze of coral reefs and thousands of islets, some of which mysteriously send the compass needle spinning....Inevitably they ware wrecked. After 23 hours on the rocks they claw-off and limp into a desolate mainland river estuary, greeted by cries of "Charco!" from invisible inhabitants. For 49 days they are castaway in Charco Harbour, neaped by tides and imprisoned by contrary winds, making contact with one of the strangest and most mysterious of native societies, since lost to the world.In this closely-researched novel the reader will meet the Cook of the old logs and contemporary chronicles, the Cook who dominated mutinous crewmen and complaining passengers by sheer will and temper.....the tall red-headed Yorkshsireman, the ex-collier's mate who could knock a man down with his fist, the flogging Captain, the Cook who neither drank nor smoked but could not resist peeping at native womeon through his spyglass...Cook the anti-hero, albeit the nonpareil of Navigatiors.cover design by David White.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Charco Harbour: A novel of unknown seas and a fabled shore passaged with coral reefs and magnetical islands, of shipwreck and a lonely haven--the true ... great navigators, his bark and the men in her. To get started finding Charco Harbour: A novel of unknown seas and a fabled shore passaged with coral reefs and magnetical islands, of shipwreck and a lonely haven--the true ... great navigators, his bark and the men in her, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 1768. War has broken out in Europe and the British Admiralty wants a base in the western pacific. So Captain James Cook and a company of nearly 100 seamen and philosophers are dispatched into those beautiful but perilous seas that lie between Terra Australis Incognita and the Great Barrier Reef, the never-before-penetrated realm of fin-back whales, sea-serpents, manatee, turtles and sharks, a maze of coral reefs and thousands of islets, some of which mysteriously send the compass needle spinning....Inevitably they ware wrecked. After 23 hours on the rocks they claw-off and limp into a desolate mainland river estuary, greeted by cries of "Charco!" from invisible inhabitants. For 49 days they are castaway in Charco Harbour, neaped by tides and imprisoned by contrary winds, making contact with one of the strangest and most mysterious of native societies, since lost to the world.In this closely-researched novel the reader will meet the Cook of the old logs and contemporary chronicles, the Cook who dominated mutinous crewmen and complaining passengers by sheer will and temper.....the tall red-headed Yorkshsireman, the ex-collier's mate who could knock a man down with his fist, the flogging Captain, the Cook who neither drank nor smoked but could not resist peeping at native womeon through his spyglass...Cook the anti-hero, albeit the nonpareil of Navigatiors.cover design by David White.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Charco Harbour: A novel of unknown seas and a fabled shore passaged with coral reefs and magnetical islands, of shipwreck and a lonely haven--the true ... great navigators, his bark and the men in her. To get started finding Charco Harbour: A novel of unknown seas and a fabled shore passaged with coral reefs and magnetical islands, of shipwreck and a lonely haven--the true ... great navigators, his bark and the men in her, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Charco Harbour: A novel of unknown seas and a fabled shore passaged with coral reefs and magnetical islands, of shipwreck and a lonely haven--the true ... great navigators, his bark and the men in her

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