Cruise of the Falcon - A Voyage to South America in a 30-Ton Yacht
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1887
English
- 01 The Results of a Fish Dinner at Greenwich
- 02 Voyage to Madeira
- 03 The Cape Verde Islands
- 04 Bahia
- 05 Rio de Janeiro
- 06 Maldonado Bay
- 07 Montevideo and Buenos Ayres
- 08 The Rio de la Plata
- 09 The Pampas
- 10 We Commence a Long Ride
- 11 The Rio Segundo
- 12 Cordoba
- 13 On the Tropilla Track to Potosi
- 14 The Montes of Santiago
- 15 The Rio Saladillo and the Salt-Desert
- 16 Santiago del Estero
- 17 Tucuman
- 18 Return to Buenos Ayres
- 19 We Sail for Paraguay
- 20 Sport on the Parana
- 21 El Gran Chaco
- 22 The Province of Corrientes
- 23 Paraguay
- 24 Villa Pillar
- 25 Asuncion
- 26 Our Adventure at Aregua
- 27 Descent of the Rivers
- 28 Ship a New Crew
- 29 Homeward Bound
- 30 A Pampero
- 31 Trinidad and Martin Vas Islands
- 32 Exploration of the Desert Island
- 33 Pernambuco
- 34 A Cruise Round the Reconcavo
- 35 Demerara
- 36 Barbados and Home
In this fine sailing and exploring yarn, Edward Frederick Knight (1852-1925), sometime English barrister, journalist, sportsman, and amateur seaman, conspires over a fish dinner in Harwich to buy and refit the tiny yacht Falcon, recruit a crew of four (and a cabin boy), and sail across the Atlantic Ocean to South America. This they do, despite naysayers who advised painting the yacht's name conspicuously on her keel to aid identification when found floating upside down in some foreign sea.
The book provides detailed descriptions of sailing in difficult waters and powerful storms, the spectacular scenery of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, sport hunting in unspoiled jungles, frequent revolutions (and a terrible war of annihilation) and, perhaps most important, the customs of the many different peoples who inhabit the South American continent. As was common practice in his day, Knight assumes the superiority of the “white” races and is not hesitant to express his sometimes less-than-favorable impressions of the “lesser” races he encounters. But he offers high praise for the beauty of the land and the kindness of the people he meets. (Steven Seitel)
The book provides detailed descriptions of sailing in difficult waters and powerful storms, the spectacular scenery of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, sport hunting in unspoiled jungles, frequent revolutions (and a terrible war of annihilation) and, perhaps most important, the customs of the many different peoples who inhabit the South American continent. As was common practice in his day, Knight assumes the superiority of the “white” races and is not hesitant to express his sometimes less-than-favorable impressions of the “lesser” races he encounters. But he offers high praise for the beauty of the land and the kindness of the people he meets. (Steven Seitel)
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