A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship
eBook - ePub

A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship

About this book

This vintage book offers a glimpse into the sea-faring lifestyle of times past with an authentic account of a life lived at sea. Retold with the lucidity and fondness that can only belong to one who has lived it and loved it, "A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship" is highly recommended for readers with an interest in the history and development of sailing. Many old books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing "A Gipsy of the Horn" now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Contents
  7. I Outward Bound
  8. II Across the Bay
  9. III Trades and Tropics
  10. IV The Pitch of the Cape
  11. V The Roaring Forties
  12. VI Colonial Days
  13. VII The South Pacific
  14. VIII The West Coast – Callao
  15. IX The West Coast – Santa Rosa
  16. X Homeward Bound
  17. XI Rounding the Horn
  18. XII ‘Beating Up From Southerly’
  19. XIII ‘The Fair Ports O’ Home’