Alan John Villiers (1903–1982)
Autor de Men, Ships, and the Sea
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Capt. Alan J. Villiers
Series
Obras de Alan John Villiers
Whaling in the Frozen South: Being the Story of the 1923-24 Norwegian Whaling Expedition to the Antarctic (1925) 7 copias
The new Mayflower 3 copias
Quest of the Schooner Argus A Voyage to the Banks and Greenland on a modern four-masted fishing schooner (1951) 3 copias
Under Canvas in the Atomic Age 1 copia
La campaña de la goleta del Argus : un viaje a la pesca del bacalao por los grandes bancos de Terranova y Groenlandia (2007) 1 copia
De laatste windschepen 1 copia
The new 'Mayflower' 1 copia
The Deep Sea Fisherman 1 copia
The Windjammer Story 1 copia
THE SAGA OF SHIPS 1 copia
THE NEW MAYFLOWER 1 copia
Where the Sailing Ship Survives 1 copia
Last of the Cape Horners 1 copia
The Marvellous Maldive Islands 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Mundos para explorar : historias clásicas de viajes y aventuras del National Geographic (2006) — Contribuidor — 100 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Villiers, Alan John
- Otros nombres
- Villiers, A. J.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1903-09-23
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1982-03-03
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Australia
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Lugares de residencia
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Educación
- Litt.D.
- Ocupaciones
- Master Mariner
author
journalist
photographer - Organizaciones
- Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Society for Nautical Research
Cutty Sark Preservation Society
Joseph Conrad (ship|master|1934-1936)
Mayflower (replica ship|master|1956-1957) - Premios y honores
- D.S.C.
Camoès Prize
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 74
- También por
- 15
- Miembros
- 1,324
- Popularidad
- #19,419
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 18
- ISBNs
- 78
- Idiomas
- 6
His writing reminds me of Joseph Mitchell ("Up in the Old Hotel"). Energetic vocabulary and description that leaves one bewildered and in awe. The sort of thing you might read for a lifetime with profit, this is a book to learn from. And it transports back to another age. Villiers is from another age, he was in the 20th century but solidly in the stream of 18th century maritime life. Perhaps the perfect person to write about Cook, whom he unabashedly admires, understanding the challenges he faced and overcame. The book is not perfect, the first sections are not so good and it's probably not the best to get all the facts on Cook, though it is essential to experiencing life on the sea. Nevertheless the core of the book, the three journeys, are well worth a rediscovery.… (más)