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mintcakekeith is on a distinguished road
once is enough. Miles Smeaton .
sailing alone around the world . Slocum
Around the world single handed. Harry Pidgeon
The Seven little sisters,William Willis

and not sailing but related.
Fatal Passage ,Ken Mc Googan.(Arctic)
The worst journey in the world , Apsley Cherry Garrad.(antarctic)
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Not all books, but ...
  • Nice big globe to spin, look at, and ponder, and a piece of thread so you can measure distances one place to another. The bigger the globe, the better.
  • Lots of big charts of exotic places, far away reefs, quiet little islands ...
  • Huge world atlas filled with small villages, mountain ranges, valleys, and other places you've never seen or heard of.
  • Copies of ancient maps showing dusty roads, places that have been renamed, political borders and countries long forgotten, ...
  • Star charts and practical astronomy books, binoculars, and a sextant ...
  • Bowditch
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