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Ransome Arthur |
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Titolo |
Racundra's first cruise / / by Arthur Ransome ; introduced and compiled by Brian Hammett |
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Warwickshire : , : Fernhurst Books, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Racundra (boat) |
Baltic Sea |
Europe, Northern Description and travel |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Slug; Kittiwake; Racundra; The writing of Racundra's First Cruise; On the Pirate Ship; Racundra's First Cruise; THE BUILDING OF "RACUNDRA"; THE CREW; THE START; RIGA TO RUNÖ; RUNÖ TO PATERNOSTER; THROUGH THE MOON SOUND; WORMS TO PAKERORT; PAKERORT TO REVAL; PORT OF REVAL; REVAL TO HELSINGFORS; HELINGFORS: SWINGING THE SHIP; HELSINGSFORS TO REVAL; REVAL TO BALTIC PORT; OLD BALTIC PORT AND NEW; THE ROOGÖ ISLANDS; THE SHIP AND THE MAN; BALTIC PORT TO SPITHAMN; SPITHAMN TO RAMSHOLM; RAMSHOLM TO HAPSAL THROUGH THE NUKKE CHANNEL |
HAPSAL TO HELTERMAA (ISLAND OF DAGÖ)"TOLEDO" OF LEITH; FROM THE ISLAND OF DAGÖ TO THE ISLAND OF MOON; KUIVAST TO WERDER; SEAL-HUNTERS FROM RUNÖ; WERDER TO RIGA; Appendix - A Description of Racundra; Racundra after Ransome; Chronology; Bibliography; Acknowledgements |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Arthur Ransome's account of his maiden voyage in his beloved Racundra, which took him from Latvia, via Estonia, to Finland and back in 1922. The original text, maps and photographs are reproduced together with an introduction covering Ransome's first attempts at Baltic sailing, the building of Racundra and how he came to write the book. |
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