Beschreibung:
Recounts the Moitessiers' honeymoon trip from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and back along the "logical route" via Cape Horn, a path chosen for its speed, which took them through the Roaring Forties, iceberg territory and the relentless gale-force winds of the higher latitudes.
ForewordPart I. Birds of Passage1. My Paper Boat2. Like a Well-trained Monkey3. Like a Lost Dog4. The Wheel Turns5. Afloat at Last6. Towards the Tropics7. In the Open Sea8. The Fickle Trades9. Meeting Place of Ocean Birds10. Atlantic11. The Great Turning Point12. Panama--Galapagos13. A World which Fear has Spared14. At the Gates to Polynesia15. A Dream at a PricePart II. The Logical Route1. Preparations2. A Start...Like any Other3. A Whole Gales4. In the Heavy Seas of the High Latitudes or the Game of the Little Squares5. Cape Horn to Port6. On the Look-out for Icebergs7. The Horse Latitudes8. Trade Winds...from the West!Part III. AppendicesDesigner's NotesAuthor's Notes