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The Cruise of the Falcon - A Voyage to South America in a 30-Ton Yacht

The Cruise of the Falcon - A Voyage to South America in a 30-Ton Yacht

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Number of Chapters: 36

Length: 15 hours and 48 minutes

Language: English

In this fine sailing and exploring yarn, Edward Frederick Knight (1852-1925), sometime English barrister, journalist, sportsman, and amateur seaman, conspires over a fish dinner in Harwich to buy and refit the tiny yacht Falcon, recruit a crew of four (and a cabin boy), and sail across the Atlantic Ocean to South America. This they do, despite naysayers who advised painting the yacht's name conspicuously on her keel to aid identification when found floating upside down in some foreign sea.

The book provides detailed descriptions of sailing in difficult waters and powerful storms, the spectacular scenery of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, sport hunting in unspoiled jungles, frequent revolutions (and a terrible war of annihilation) and, perhaps most important, the customs of the many different peoples who inhabit the South American continent. As was common practice in his day, Knight assumes the superiority of the “white” races and is not hesitant to express his sometimes less-than-favorable impressions of the “lesser” races he encounters. But he offers high praise for the beauty of the land and the kindness of the people he meets. (Steven Seitel)

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01 The Results of a Fish Dinner at Greenwich (Steven Seitel)
02 Voyage to Madeira (Steven Seitel)
03 The Cape Verde Islands (Steven Seitel)
04 Bahia (Steven Seitel)
05 Rio de Janeiro (Steven Seitel)
06 Maldonado Bay (Steven Seitel)
07 Montevideo and Buenos Ayres (Steven Seitel)
08 The Rio de la Plata (Steven Seitel)
09 The Pampas (Steven Seitel)
10 We Commence a Long Ride (Steven Seitel)
11 The Rio Segundo (Steven Seitel)
12 Cordoba (Steven Seitel)
13 On the Tropilla Track to Potosi (Steven Seitel)
14 The Montes of Santiago (Steven Seitel)
15 The Rio Saladillo and the Salt-Desert (Steven Seitel)
16 Santiago del Estero (Steven Seitel)
17 Tucuman (Steven Seitel)
18 Return to Buenos Ayres (Steven Seitel)
19 We Sail for Paraguay (Steven Seitel)
20 Sport on the Parana (Steven Seitel)
21 El Gran Chaco (Steven Seitel)
22 The Province of Corrientes (Steven Seitel)
23 Paraguay (Steven Seitel)
24 Villa Pillar (Steven Seitel)
25 Asuncion (Steven Seitel)
26 Our Adventure at Aregua (Steven Seitel)
27 Descent of the Rivers (Steven Seitel)
28 Ship a New Crew (Steven Seitel)
29 Homeward Bound (Steven Seitel)
30 A Pampero (Steven Seitel)
31 Trinidad and Martin Vas Islands (Steven Seitel)
32 Exploration of the Desert Island (Steven Seitel)
33 Pernambuco (Steven Seitel)
34 A Cruise Round the Reconcavo (Steven Seitel)
35 Demerara (Steven Seitel)
36 Barbados and Home (Steven Seitel)
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