The Sea Journal: Seafarers' Sketchbooks
Vendor: Cape Ann Museum Store
By Huw Lewis-Jones; Foreword by Don Walsh
In this remarkable collection of illustrated private journals, log books, letters, and diaries, The Sea Journal follows the voyages of intrepid sailors. This captivating book contains firsthand records by a great range of travelers of their encounters with strange creatures and new lands—full of dangers and delights, pleasures and perils.
The Sea Journal includes historical figures like Antonio Pigafetta, an Italian who sailed with Magellan; Tupia, a Tahitian who joined Captain Cook's first voyage; buccaneer Bartholomew Sharp, who menaced the Spanish Main; and Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.
Hardcover, 320 pages, 8.1 x 1.4 x 11". Full Color Images.
Copyright 2020 Huw Lewis-Jones with Chronicle Books.