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The Brendan Voyage
Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints
Taschenbuch von Tim Severin
Sprache: Englisch

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Could an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning adventure writer Tim Severin painstakingly researched and built a boat identical to the leather curragh that carried Brendan on his epic voyage. He found a centuries-old, family-run tannery to prepare the ox hides in the medieval way; he undertook an exhaustive search for skilled harness makers (the only people who would know how to stitch the three-quarter-inch-thick hides together); he located one of the last pieces of Irish-grown timber tall enough to make the mainmast. But his courage and resourcefulness were truly tested on the open seas, including one heart-pounding episode when he and his crew repaired a dangerous tear in the leather hull by hanging over the side--their heads sometimes submerged under the freezing waves--to restitch the leather. A modern classic in the tradition of Kon-Tiki, The Brendan Voyage seamlessly blends high adventure and historical relevance. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages since its original publication in 1978.

With a new Introduction by Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming
Could an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning adventure writer Tim Severin painstakingly researched and built a boat identical to the leather curragh that carried Brendan on his epic voyage. He found a centuries-old, family-run tannery to prepare the ox hides in the medieval way; he undertook an exhaustive search for skilled harness makers (the only people who would know how to stitch the three-quarter-inch-thick hides together); he located one of the last pieces of Irish-grown timber tall enough to make the mainmast. But his courage and resourcefulness were truly tested on the open seas, including one heart-pounding episode when he and his crew repaired a dangerous tear in the leather hull by hanging over the side--their heads sometimes submerged under the freezing waves--to restitch the leather. A modern classic in the tradition of Kon-Tiki, The Brendan Voyage seamlessly blends high adventure and historical relevance. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages since its original publication in 1978.

With a new Introduction by Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming
Über den Autor
Tim Severin
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 304
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780375755248
ISBN-10: 0375755241
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Severin, Tim
Hersteller: Random House USA Inc
Maße: 203 x 133 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Tim Severin
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2000
Gewicht: 0,24 kg
preigu-id: 121210659
Über den Autor
Tim Severin
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 304
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780375755248
ISBN-10: 0375755241
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Severin, Tim
Hersteller: Random House USA Inc
Maße: 203 x 133 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Tim Severin
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2000
Gewicht: 0,24 kg
preigu-id: 121210659
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