Epic Adventure: Epic Voyages

by Nigel Rigby and Robyn Mundy

It takes a certain kind of adventurer to sail off into the unknown of the world's oceans, sailing by the stars, alone in the vastness of a life at sea. Join an accomplished sailor for the stories of five epic mariners who set off on some of the great ocean journeys ever undertaken. Learn the art and skill of sailing from great square-riggers to the smallest craft. Learn what it takes to survive at sea, and how great sailors must adapt to challenging conditions like unpredictable weather, physical hardship, sleep deprivation, and unforeseen perils. Find out what survival strategies succeeded, and which failed-with tragic results. Illustrated throughout with maps, photographs, posters and eye-popping gatefolds, this book is the perfect introduction to the incredible distances and epic challenges of a life at sea.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753465744
• ISBN13: 9780753465745
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.0" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9