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The Cruise of the Falcon - A Voyage to South America in a 30-Ton Yacht

Gelesen von Steven Seitel

(4,929 Sterne; 21 Bewertungen)

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) (15 hr 48 min)

Chapters

01 The Results of a Fish Dinner at Greenwich

15:56

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02 Voyage to Madeira

22:25

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03 The Cape Verde Islands

25:06

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04 Bahia

39:07

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05 Rio de Janeiro

34:53

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06 Maldonado Bay

28:30

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07 Montevideo and Buenos Ayres

25:50

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08 The Rio de la Plata

24:13

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09 The Pampas

28:23

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10 We Commence a Long Ride

27:49

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11 The Rio Segundo

23:02

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12 Cordoba

30:42

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13 On the Tropilla Track to Potosi

31:08

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14 The Montes of Santiago

30:14

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15 The Rio Saladillo and the Salt-Desert

30:14

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16 Santiago del Estero

27:05

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17 Tucuman

25:53

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18 Return to Buenos Ayres

16:37

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19 We Sail for Paraguay

25:25

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20 Sport on the Parana

30:07

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21 El Gran Chaco

22:50

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22 The Province of Corrientes

23:45

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23 Paraguay

22:16

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24 Villa Pillar

22:08

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25 Asuncion

22:33

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26 Our Adventure at Aregua

24:23

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27 Descent of the Rivers

23:48

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28 Ship a New Crew

23:21

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29 Homeward Bound

21:38

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30 A Pampero

29:31

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31 Trinidad and Martin Vas Islands

31:47

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32 Exploration of the Desert Island

39:20

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33 Pernambuco

25:40

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34 A Cruise Round the Reconcavo

32:55

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35 Demerara

24:41

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36 Barbados and Home

15:01

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Bewertungen

Cruise of the Falcon

(5 Sterne)

What a great story (true) of 1860s sailing from England. Onto Patagonia, Trinidad, Brazil & many other ports. Also going up many different rivers the people, customs & goods of late 1800s. No radios, GPS, radar etc. A chronometer compass, sexton & trigonometry. Wonderful.

Excellent travelogue.

(5 Sterne)

Knight is a wonderful travelogue writer. Keeps your interest up all the time. And Steven Seitel the perfect reader for this material. I loved journeying to the interior of the continent, especially primitive Paraguay.

(5 Sterne)

most excellent in every way, thanks LibriVox and reader for this fascinating account.

so America of the late 1800s!

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