Pacific Voyage On A Chinese Junk
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Author | : Antony Buxton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2019-01-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781793227799 |
This is an accurate account of an attempt to sail around the world: in 1965, ten young men from diverse backgrounds and nationalities set off from Sydney in a Chinese junk to achieve this goal. The leader was Tony Pike, later a legendary character on the island of Ibiza. The rest of the crew consisted of two Englishmen, one of whom had emigrated to Australia in his early twenties; three New Zealanders; and four Australians.In their desire to begin their adventure, they overlooked many vital factors. The intended captain, who was to supply all the navigation equipment, pulled out at the last minute, leaving them without essential gear. They focused too intently on financial planning, and the goal of the trip and their enthusiasm overrode common sense; consequently, the vessel was ill-equipped for such a long voyage.Although the trip included many amusing moments and exciting exploits, the dream voyage soon turned into a nightmare, with the crew becoming lost at sea and almost giving up hope.The story details what went wrong, which turned out to be everything except, strangely enough, the actual financing of the trip, typically tends to be the biggest problem in this type of venture. Despite the trip's enormous potential for success and profitability, it was a failure because the vessel and equipment were entirely inadequate.This is not only a fascinating story, but it also offers guidance for anyone contemplating a similar voyage.
Author | : Tony Buxton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2018-12-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780463201145 |
A young man leaves his career in pursuit of adventure, setting sail on a Chinese junk-but when the vessel fails on the open water, he learns the South Pacific is an unforgiving mistress.
Author | : Ethan Allen Petersen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Pacific Ocean |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Hans Van Tilburg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813030531 |
Beginning in 1905, a handful of traditional Chinese sailing vessels, known as junks, sailed from China to North America across the Pacific. These were some of the last commercial sailing junks of China, most of which had little trouble crossing thousands of miles of ocean on their way to American ports. Crowds welcomed them in Victoria, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and San Diego, yet often regarded them with a mixture of surprise and contempt as quaint, unwieldy constructions in the fashion of sea monsters and even bizarre objects of fancy. As traveling cultural objects, displaying a variety of gruesome weaponry and other artifacts, some of them served as public floating museums. The arrival of these vessels allowed Western observers to catch a rare glimpse of a little-known yet sophisticated maritime technology and seafaring culture. Van Tilburg's study of this history--the maritime heritage of Chinese junks and their transpacific voyages--examines ten junks, how they were made, why and how they traveled, and how the West received them. Combining historical narrative with ethnology, anthropology, maritime archaeology, and nautical technology, he draws on a wide range of newspaper sources, secondary texts, nautical treatise, archaeological site work, rare historical photos and sketches, and the personal testimony of the sailors themselves to examine these vessels not only as transport vehicles but as complex cultural artifacts that "speak" of a distant seafaring past and intimate cultural ties to the sea. While attention to maritime China has focused primarily on periods versus centuries, Chinese Junks in the Pacific is the story behind the traditional Chinese vessels of the 19th century and how the West misunderstood them. Accessible reading, this book will appeal to scholars of Asian seafaring and archaeology, sailing aficionados drawn to the junk's form and sailing qualities, and those interested in Chinese-American interactions and encounters.
Author | : Hans Konrad Van |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 9780813049212 |
An account of ten Chinese junks that sailed to the United States in the early twentieth century: why they came to the West and the reception they received.
Author | : Timothy Severin |
Publisher | : Addison Wesley Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The award-winning author of The Brendan Voyage makes a bold Pacific journey to test a scholar's theory that Asian navigators were the first to discover North America as early as 218 B.C., when the great sea captain Hsu Fu set sail in search of the elixir of immortality. Full-color inserts.
Author | : Tony Buxton |
Publisher | : Tony Buxton |
Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 2018-06-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
In Bangkok of 1964, successful English businessman Tony Buxton is enjoying the best the city has to offer, visiting exclusive nightclubs, sampling the exquisite local cuisine, and dallying with gorgeous women. Still, he yearns for the freedom of his simpler days as an underwater spearfishing guide. When a friend offers him the chance to leave his job and join the inexperienced crew of a Chinese junk as it sets sail across the South Pacific, Buxton jumps at the opportunity, anticipating adventure in the unspoiled island paradise of Tahiti. However, the young men soon learn their vessel is ill-equipped for a saltwater journey when both engines fail on the open ocean, and they must decide whether to abandon their dreams or press on.In The Voyage of the One Step, Buxton recalls the voyage and paints a vivid picture of a bygone era in the South Pacific.
Author | : Frederick William Beechey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1831 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
ISBN | : |
Travelling to the Bering Strait and beyond, Beechey's expedition was supposed to have met up with Sir John Franklin and Captain Parry, who were expected to arrive from the East. Franklin came within 50 leagues of Beechey's camp, but was forced to turn back on account of bad weather. This narrative remains one of ".the most valuable of modern voyages." (Hill 93) and provides accounts of visits to Pitcairn Island, where Beechey interviewed John Adams (the last surviving member of the mutiny on the Bounty), Tahiti, Alaska, Hawaii, Macao, Okinawa, and the coast of California.
Author | : Richard Halliburton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Japan |
ISBN | : |
About Halliburton's proposed Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, on which he plans to travel across the Pacific to San Francisco, describing the vessel, crew members, wartime Japan. The letter hopes for support for his expedition.
Author | : Frederick William Beechey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 1831 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
ISBN | : |
Frederick William Beechey describes his voyage in 1825-1828 to the Bering Strait, where he was to meet the explorers Sir John Franklin and Sir Edward Parry if they succeeded in finding the North-West Passage. Volume 1 records Beechey's outward journey, including visits to Pitcairn Island, where he met the last surviving Bounty mutineer and documented his story; Tahiti, and Hawai'i, and his first season exploring the Bering Strait. Volume 2 follows the expedition from California via China to its second Arctic summer, and includes a vocabulary of Eskimo words, notes on harbours and navigation, and a description of the northern lights.