{"product_id":"la-balsa-to-australia-the-longest-raft-voyage-in-history","title":"LA BALSA TO AUSTRALIA: The Longest Raft Voyage in History","description":"\u003cp\u003eLA BALSA TO AUSTRALIA: The Longest Raft Voyage in History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Vital Alsar\u003cbr\u003e\nand Enrique Hank Lopez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0340177438\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton 1973, 1st edition \u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 25 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 219\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2305\/N601\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMade 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with monochrome images and map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate with only light wear on dust jacket and faint marks inside end papers. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450824114468,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2025903558.jpg?v=1787173597","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/la-balsa-to-australia-the-longest-raft-voyage-in-history","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}