Rounding the Horn

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"an enjoyable primer, compellingly salty in its retellings... a highly readable and meticulously researched homage to the world's most ragged extremity." -- NICK THORPE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Rounding the Horn' is an enthralling book that covers plenty of ground and water...Dallas Murphy writes with the authority of someone who has been to the places he describes...That point of view is especially agreeable when it results in a book as good as this one' ASSOCIATED PRESS 'A delightful book that mixes history and travel. Murphy brings to life people, places and the past, exploring uncharted waters with Columbus, da Gama, Balboa and Magellan...I can't remember the last time I had so much fun reading, curling up comfortably for such an articulate adventure. Murphy's writing SEATTLE TIMES "Cape Horn is the southernmost point of South America, in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Murphy, a novelist and Journalist, sailed to Cape Horn in 2000. He chronicles the history of the cape and describes in detail the many ships that have made the voyage, battered by the unique weather with its treacherous winds. Francis Drake and Robert FitzRoy are two of the many explorers whose voyages Murphy recounts here." BOOKLIST "Much of the book deals with Murphy's own trip to Cape Horn. In vivid prose, he describes the ship and observes and wonders about birds and other animals; he makes readers experience the island wilderness as if firsthand, and feel for themselves the driving rain and wind that he encountered." BOOKLIST