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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561272185124 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1402 (36) |
| Category: |
Exploration & Adventure |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
LA BALSA TO AUSTRALIA: The Longest Raft Voyage in History
by Vital Alsar
and Enrique Hank Lopez
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0340177438
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Hodder & Stoughton 1973, 1st edition
Size (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 25 d
Pages: 219
SKU: A5/2305/N601
ABOUT
The epic journey that took the Spaniard Vital Alsar commanding a crew of three men, three parrots, and two cats, travelling on top of 7 logs across the Pacific Ocean.
The longest raft voyage in history took six months to be accomplished. They arrived from Ecuador to Australia with no supplies and a broken radio transmitter. They sailed through storms, eat what they fished, and proved to humanity that their sustainably built raft was as capable of crossing the ocean as an ocean liner.
Made out of logs of balsa wood, lianas, and no use of metal elements on their construction, the raft was built as the Huancavilca native Americans.
Illustrated with monochrome images and map.
CONDITION
Immaculate with only light wear on dust jacket and faint marks inside end papers. Images depict all need to know detail.
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