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Páginas:304Géneros:12:BG:Biography:generalSinopsis:Ahighlyentertainingrecordofadventureonthe'MagicCarpet'oftheoceans.'IfPeterPadfieldneveragainstepsaboardanythinglessthan30,000tonshehashadhisfunand,furthermore,passeditonforotherstoenjoy.'YachtingMonthly'Theauthorgivesavividimpressionoftheseainallitsmoodsandofthemenwhomadeuphisvariousships'companies.'DailyTelegraphThebookopenswithanaccountofalife-changingvoyagePeterPadfieldmadein1957asamarinerinthereplica17thcenturybark,MayflowerII,tocommemoratethePilgrimFathersvoyagetoAmerica.ThenarrativetakesusfromBrixham,Devon,wheretheshipwasbuilt,acrosstheAtlantictoPlymouth,Massachusetts,wheresheisnowpreserved,andbringsalivethewonderfullydiversegroupofofficersandmenselectedbyhercaptain,AlanVilliers.Itisillustratedwithsketchesmadeduringthevoyage,theoriginalsofwhichcanbefoundontheauthor'swebsite.ReturningtotheP&Oline,Padfieldnextdescribesaconventionalsteamshipvoyage,buttheMayflowerhadspoilthimfor20thcenturysailoring.LeavingP&O,heworkedhispassageonaviolentlyuncomfortableharbourtugtoNewZealand,andthefinalchaptersseehimintheSolomonIslandsinthePacifictakingpartinthesearchforamissinggovernmentsteamer,panningforgoldinthehillsandsailingroundtheislandshuntingsaltwatercrocodilesbynight._,
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A highly entertaining record of adventure on the 'Magic Carpet' of the oceans.
'If Peter Padfield never again steps aboard anything less than 30,000 tons he has had his fun and, furthermore, passed it on for others to enjoy.'
Yachting Monthly
'The author gives a vivid impression of the sea in all its moods and of the men who made up his various ships' companies.'
Daily Telegraph
The book opens with an account of a life-changing voyage Peter Padfield made in 1957 as a mariner in the replica 17th century bark, Mayflower II, to commemorate the Pilgrim Fathers voyage to America.
The narrative takes us from Brixham, Devon, where the ship was built, across the Atlantic to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where she is now preserved, and brings alive the wonderfully diverse group of officers and men selected by her captain, Alan Villiers. It is illustrated with sketches made during the voyage, the originals of which can be found on the author's website.
Returning to the P&O line, Padfield next describes a conventional steamship voyage; but the Mayflower had spoilt him for 20th century sailoring. Leaving P&O, he worked his passage on a violently uncomfortable harbour tug to New Zealand; and the final chapters see him in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific taking part in the search for a missing government steamer, panning for gold in the hills and sailing round the islands hunting salt water crocodiles by night.
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'If Peter Padfield never again steps aboard anything less than 30,000 tons he has had his fun and, furthermore, passed it on for others to enjoy.'
Yachting Monthly
'The author gives a vivid impression of the sea in all its moods and of the men who made up his various ships' companies.'
Daily Telegraph
The book opens with an account of a life-changing voyage Peter Padfield made in 1957 as a mariner in the replica 17th century bark, Mayflower II, to commemorate the Pilgrim Fathers voyage to America.
The narrative takes us from Brixham, Devon, where the ship was built, across the Atlantic to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where she is now preserved, and brings alive the wonderfully diverse group of officers and men selected by her captain, Alan Villiers. It is illustrated with sketches made during the voyage, the originals of which can be found on the author's website.
Returning to the P&O line, Padfield next describes a conventional steamship voyage; but the Mayflower had spoilt him for 20th century sailoring. Leaving P&O, he worked his passage on a violently uncomfortable harbour tug to New Zealand; and the final chapters see him in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific taking part in the search for a missing government steamer, panning for gold in the hills and sailing round the islands hunting salt water crocodiles by night.
Peter Padfield is a leading naval historian and biographer. He trained for the sea as a cadet in H.M.S.Worcester, subsequently serving in the P & O Line. In 1957 he sailed under Cdr. Alan Villiers in the replica pilgrim bark, Mayflower II, from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where Mayflower is now preserved. Working his passage to the south Pacific he sailed among the Solomon Islands before leaving the sea and settling with his wife in Suffolk, England. His first major book, The Titanic and the Californian defended the captain of the Californian from the charge of not going to Titanic's rescue. He subsequently turned to naval subjects, particularly great gunnery, strategy and tactics. His biography of the U-boat admiral, Karl Dönitz, led him to a portrayal of submarine warfare in War Beneath the Sea, and to biographies of other leading Nazis, Heinrich Himmler and Rudolf Hess, subsequently translated into many European languages. Latterly he has returned to naval history, attempting to bring it out of the specialist closet and present it as a major determinant of the modern world in a trilogy whose second volume, Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom, won the Mountbatten Maritime Prize, 2003.
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- VerlagThistle Publishing
- Erscheinungsdatum2014
- ISBN 10 1910198315
- ISBN 13 9781910198315
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten302
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