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Child of the sea /
A Child of the Sea is the true story of Jimmy Cornell's daughter sailing around the world on the family's small yacht from the age of 7 to 14, based on Doina's diaries, letters and memories. From 1975 to 1981 the Cornell family visited 54 countries, sailed more than 68,000 miles, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Adlard Coles Nautical,
2012.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Aventura Layout; England 1981; The Beginning 1974-75; The Boat Comes to Life; The Maiden Voyage; My Father's Dream; Across the Bay of Biscay; Mediterranean 1975-76; Getting Used to Our New Life; We Nearly Miss Italy; Greece at Last; Toilets, Treats and an Escaping Octopus; Lost in the Labyrinth; Italians and Dolphins Help Us Out; Winter Interlude; My Favourite Toy; To Turkey and Romania; A Boatful of Relatives; A Visit to Israel; Pyramids and Punctures; Atlantic 1976; The Canary Islands; Across the Atlantic Ocean; Caribbean 1976-77; A Caribbean Christmas.
- Lessons of the CaribbeanAuntie Beeb; Sailing in Company with Calao; We Nearly Lose Aventura; The Americas 1977-78; America is Big; Black, Brown and White; Skateboards and Blueberry Pancakes; A Surprise Visitor; I Get Myself into Trouble; King Neptune's Initiation Ceremony; A Trek Across South America; Pacific 1978; Our Second Ocean Crossing; Easter Island Adventure; By the Wind Sailors; A Welcome on Pitcairn Island; A Month in the Gambiers; The Most Beautiful Islands in the World; Going Out in the Cook Islands; Tonga and Fiji
- Back on the Beaten Track; The Birth of a New Nation.
- The Floating DarkroomNew Zealand 1978-79; Camp and Lisa; The Grandmothers Visit; A Whole Term at School; Pacific 1979-80; Tongan Boy; Playing with Calao in Vava'u; Poetry in Samoa; The Gilberts Turn into Kiribati; A Nukulaelae Welcome; Thank You Granny; Fiji is the Same but I am Not; Exploring the Fijian Archipelago; Deeper into Melanesia; It All Blows Up in Honiara; Playing with Custard; Becoming a Poet; Cousin Klaus Comes to Stay; Rabaul Market; Papuan Boy; The Best Dive of My Life; Madang; The Highlands of Papua New Guinea; The Islands of Papua New Guinea; Australia 1980.
- Back in the Modern WorldPacific 1980; The South Pacific Festival Of Arts; Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea 1980-81; Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand; A Long Stay in Lumut; Across the Ocean Yet Again; The Red Sea; Mediterranean 1981; We Become Circumnavigators; A Greek Easter; A Diary Entry; Romania 1981; On Our Way to Transylvania; Staying with Omi; Friends; Leaving Again; England 1981-83; London Again; Cornwall Again; First Day at School; Days and Days at School; Winter Blues; It Gets Better at Last; Ten Years Later; Now; About the Author.