hacer click Este cupón solo está disponible para Argentina.

Compartir

Voyage For Madmen

Descripción del producto

Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th Anniversary

It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere forty years later.

It was not the sea or the weather that determined the nature of their voyages but the men they were, and they were as different from one another as Scott from Amundsen. Only one of the nine crossed the finishing line after ten months at sea. The rest encountered despair, sublimity, madness and even death.

Sinopsis del producto

Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th Anniversary

It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere forty years later.

It was not the sea or the weather that determined the nature of their voyages but the men they were, and they were as different from one another as Scott from Amundsen. Only one of the nine crossed the finishing line after ten months at sea. The rest encountered despair, sublimity, madness and even death.

9781846684432

Nine men set out to race each other around the world. Only one made it back ...

Nichols, Peter

classic non-fiction; classic travel writing; escapist read; adventure book; 1968 Golden Globe sailing race; Donald Crowhurst; yacht race; what to read in isolation; what to read in quarantine; A world of my own robin Knox Johnston; sailing book; round the world yacht race; Vendee Globe; Vendee Globe 2020; vendee; alex thomson; hugo boss; boat race; boat racing

Descripción del producto

Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th Anniversary

It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere forty years later.

It was not the sea or the weather that determined the nature of their voyages but the men they were, and they were as different from one another as Scott from Amundsen. Only one of the nine crossed the finishing line after ten months at sea. The rest encountered despair, sublimity, madness and even death.

Sinopsis del producto

Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th Anniversary

It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere forty years later.

It was not the sea or the weather that determined the nature of their voyages but the men they were, and they were as different from one another as Scott from Amundsen. Only one of the nine crossed the finishing line after ten months at sea. The rest encountered despair, sublimity, madness and even death.

9781846684432

Nine men set out to race each other around the world. Only one made it back ...

Nichols, Peter

classic non-fiction; classic travel writing; escapist read; adventure book; 1968 Golden Globe sailing race; Donald Crowhurst; yacht race; what to read in isolation; what to read in quarantine; A world of my own robin Knox Johnston; sailing book; round the world yacht race; Vendee Globe; Vendee Globe 2020; vendee; alex thomson; hugo boss; boat race; boat racing

Ver más
Ver menos

Productos exclusivos para librerías, registrá tu librería para que recibas el 30% de descuento.

pvp

30 % OFF

$ 10.000

100 disponibles

PVP $ 10.000
Costo de envío      Medios de pago
Con esta compra sumás 10000 puntos
Comprar ahora
Normalmente salida del depósito en 10 días

Palabras clave

classic non-fiction;classic travel writing;escapist read;adventure book;1968 Golden Globe sailing race;Donald Crowhurst;yacht race;what to read in isolation;what to read in quarantine;A world of my own robin Knox Johnston;sailing book;round the world yacht race;Vendee Globe;Vendee Globe 2020;vendee;alex thomson;hugo boss;boat race;boat racing

Especificaciones

Tapa blanda o Bolsillo
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña
Castellano
Producto a la venta formado por un único componente
Profile Books
05/05/2011
126126 X 194194 X 2828
320
ISBN 9781846684432

Quizás te interese

$ 10.000

PVP

30%OFF

PVP $ 10.000

$ 10.000

PVP

30%OFF

PVP $ 10.000

$ 10.000

PVP

30%OFF

PVP $ 10.000

Temporalmente sin stock

PVP

30%OFF

PVP $ 10.000

Creado por