Download or read book Pacific Voyage on a Chinese Junk written by Antony Buxton and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-05 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an accurate account of an attempt to sail around the world: in 1965, ten young men from diverse backgrounds and nationalities set off from Sydney in a Chinese junk to achieve this goal. The leader was Tony Pike, later a legendary character on the island of Ibiza. The rest of the crew consisted of two Englishmen, one of whom had emigrated to Australia in his early twenties; three New Zealanders; and four Australians.In their desire to begin their adventure, they overlooked many vital factors. The intended captain, who was to supply all the navigation equipment, pulled out at the last minute, leaving them without essential gear. They focused too intently on financial planning, and the goal of the trip and their enthusiasm overrode common sense; consequently, the vessel was ill-equipped for such a long voyage.Although the trip included many amusing moments and exciting exploits, the dream voyage soon turned into a nightmare, with the crew becoming lost at sea and almost giving up hope.The story details what went wrong, which turned out to be everything except, strangely enough, the actual financing of the trip, typically tends to be the biggest problem in this type of venture. Despite the trip's enormous potential for success and profitability, it was a failure because the vessel and equipment were entirely inadequate.This is not only a fascinating story, but it also offers guidance for anyone contemplating a similar voyage.
Download or read book Pacific Voyage on a Chinese Junk written by Tony Buxton and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man leaves his career in pursuit of adventure, setting sail on a Chinese junk-but when the vessel fails on the open water, he learns the South Pacific is an unforgiving mistress.
Download or read book In a Junk Across the Pacific written by Ethan Allen Petersen and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chinese Junks on the Pacific written by Hans Van Tilburg and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1905, a handful of traditional Chinese sailing vessels, known as junks, sailed from China to North America across the Pacific. These were some of the last commercial sailing junks of China, most of which had little trouble crossing thousands of miles of ocean on their way to American ports. Crowds welcomed them in Victoria, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and San Diego, yet often regarded them with a mixture of surprise and contempt as quaint, unwieldy constructions in the fashion of sea monsters and even bizarre objects of fancy. As traveling cultural objects, displaying a variety of gruesome weaponry and other artifacts, some of them served as public floating museums. The arrival of these vessels allowed Western observers to catch a rare glimpse of a little-known yet sophisticated maritime technology and seafaring culture. Van Tilburg's study of this history--the maritime heritage of Chinese junks and their transpacific voyages--examines ten junks, how they were made, why and how they traveled, and how the West received them. Combining historical narrative with ethnology, anthropology, maritime archaeology, and nautical technology, he draws on a wide range of newspaper sources, secondary texts, nautical treatise, archaeological site work, rare historical photos and sketches, and the personal testimony of the sailors themselves to examine these vessels not only as transport vehicles but as complex cultural artifacts that "speak" of a distant seafaring past and intimate cultural ties to the sea. While attention to maritime China has focused primarily on periods versus centuries, Chinese Junks in the Pacific is the story behind the traditional Chinese vessels of the 19th century and how the West misunderstood them. Accessible reading, this book will appeal to scholars of Asian seafaring and archaeology, sailing aficionados drawn to the junk's form and sailing qualities, and those interested in Chinese-American interactions and encounters.
Download or read book Chinese Junks on the Pacific written by Hans Konrad Van and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of ten Chinese junks that sailed to the United States in the early twentieth century: why they came to the West and the reception they received.
Download or read book The China Voyage written by Timothy Severin and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author of The Brendan Voyage makes a bold Pacific journey to test a scholar's theory that Asian navigators were the first to discover North America as early as 218 B.C., when the great sea captain Hsu Fu set sail in search of the elixir of immortality. Full-color inserts.
Download or read book The Voyage of the One Step written by Tony Buxton and published by Tony Buxton. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bangkok of 1964, successful English businessman Tony Buxton is enjoying the best the city has to offer, visiting exclusive nightclubs, sampling the exquisite local cuisine, and dallying with gorgeous women. Still, he yearns for the freedom of his simpler days as an underwater spearfishing guide. When a friend offers him the chance to leave his job and join the inexperienced crew of a Chinese junk as it sets sail across the South Pacific, Buxton jumps at the opportunity, anticipating adventure in the unspoiled island paradise of Tahiti. However, the young men soon learn their vessel is ill-equipped for a saltwater journey when both engines fail on the open ocean, and they must decide whether to abandon their dreams or press on.In The Voyage of the One Step, Buxton recalls the voyage and paints a vivid picture of a bygone era in the South Pacific.
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering s Strait written by Frederick William Beechey and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling to the Bering Strait and beyond, Beechey's expedition was supposed to have met up with Sir John Franklin and Captain Parry, who were expected to arrive from the East. Franklin came within 50 leagues of Beechey's camp, but was forced to turn back on account of bad weather. This narrative remains one of ".the most valuable of modern voyages." (Hill 93) and provides accounts of visits to Pitcairn Island, where Beechey interviewed John Adams (the last surviving member of the mutiny on the Bounty), Tahiti, Alaska, Hawaii, Macao, Okinawa, and the coast of California.
Download or read book TL written by Richard Halliburton and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About Halliburton's proposed Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, on which he plans to travel across the Pacific to San Francisco, describing the vessel, crew members, wartime Japan. The letter hopes for support for his expedition.
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering s Strait to Co operate with the Polar Expeditions written by Frederick William Beechey and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick William Beechey describes his voyage in 1825-1828 to the Bering Strait, where he was to meet the explorers Sir John Franklin and Sir Edward Parry if they succeeded in finding the North-West Passage. Volume 1 records Beechey's outward journey, including visits to Pitcairn Island, where he met the last surviving Bounty mutineer and documented his story; Tahiti, and Hawai'i, and his first season exploring the Bering Strait. Volume 2 follows the expedition from California via China to its second Arctic summer, and includes a vocabulary of Eskimo words, notes on harbours and navigation, and a description of the northern lights.
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering s Strait to co operate with the Polar Expeditions performed in His Majesty s Ship Blossom in the years 1825 26 27 28 With illustrations and maps written by Frederick William BEECHEY and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering s Strait Polar Expeditions in the Years 1825 28 written by Frederick-William Beechey and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chinese Junk Keying written by and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pacific Ports written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ocean of Destiny written by Arthur Lower and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivalry and confrontation were part of this epic. From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century European powers contested for the riches of the East and the West, the wealth of the ocean, and territory to sate colonial ambitions. Since that time full-blooded conflicts developed between Asian states and between Asia and the Western powers. As a major trading power in the Pacifc with no tradition of territorial expansion, and as a respected peacekeeper, Canada is in a unique position to view the history of the Pacific impartially. This survey is doubly valuable, not only as the first history of the North Pacific dealing with the concurrent events in the East and West, but also as a history reflecting Canada's international outlook.
Download or read book Japan and the Pacific 1540 1920 written by Matsuda Koichiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to capture the rich array of images that define Japan's encounters with the Pacific Ocean. Contemporary Japanese most readily associate 'Pacific' with the devastating war that their country fought over a half century ago. The ensuing occupation realized a situation that this people had striven to avoid ever since the Portuguese first arrived in 1543 - their subjugation by a foreign power. But the Pacific Ocean also extended Japan's overseas contacts. From antiquity Japanese and their neighbours crossed it to trade ideas and products. From the mid-16th century it carried people from more distant lands, Europe and America, and thus expanded and diversified Japan's cultural and economic exchange networks. From the late 19th century it provided the highway to transport Japanese imperial expansion in Northeast Asia and later to encourage overseas migration into the Pacific and the Americas. The studies selected for inclusion in this volume, along with the introduction, explain how the Pacific Ocean thus nurtured images of both threat and opportunity to the island nation that it surrounds.
Download or read book A Narrative of Four Voyages to the South Sea North and South Pacific Ocean Chinese Sea Ethiopic and Southern Atlantic Ocean Indian and Antartic Ocean from the Year 1822 to 1831 written by Benjamin Morrell and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
