12-26-2020, 06:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-26-2020, 06:45 PM by P.Rutherford.)
Now that's very interesting and a good series of questions.
Recently I read, "Over the Edge of the World" by Laurence Bergreen. It's about Magellan's circumnavigation (he got murdered in the Philippines). The story is beyond compare and legends can't equal it. Mutiny, hardships, awful weather, shipwrecks and no comforts. The transit of the Strait of Magellan (as we call it today) was horrific. Think of it- these crews had no electricity, no engines and no accurate idea of where they were longitudinally....but they made it!
Another book was "The Last Voyage of Columbus" by Martin Dugard. These men were beyond courageous and heroic. So many troubles with crew members and deprivations.
On a comic side of things, I would have wanted to be a whale like Moby Dick and certainly would seek to send the HMS Beagle to the bottom. So much for that Darwin guy. Please excuse my difference of opinion.
For a voyage I would have loved to be with Amundsen on his trip to Antarctica and The South Pole aboard the Fram (which means "forward" in Norwegian). Or with him in the transit of The Northwest Passage aboard the Gjoa.
But, I'd really love to have had tickets for the return trip of The Titanic from the US to England. (that's supposed to be funny).
....or with these guys- At least we tried..
Paul
Recently I read, "Over the Edge of the World" by Laurence Bergreen. It's about Magellan's circumnavigation (he got murdered in the Philippines). The story is beyond compare and legends can't equal it. Mutiny, hardships, awful weather, shipwrecks and no comforts. The transit of the Strait of Magellan (as we call it today) was horrific. Think of it- these crews had no electricity, no engines and no accurate idea of where they were longitudinally....but they made it!
Another book was "The Last Voyage of Columbus" by Martin Dugard. These men were beyond courageous and heroic. So many troubles with crew members and deprivations.
On a comic side of things, I would have wanted to be a whale like Moby Dick and certainly would seek to send the HMS Beagle to the bottom. So much for that Darwin guy. Please excuse my difference of opinion.
For a voyage I would have loved to be with Amundsen on his trip to Antarctica and The South Pole aboard the Fram (which means "forward" in Norwegian). Or with him in the transit of The Northwest Passage aboard the Gjoa.
But, I'd really love to have had tickets for the return trip of The Titanic from the US to England. (that's supposed to be funny).
....or with these guys- At least we tried..
Paul