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11858925 No.11858925 [Reply] [Original]

Other than Mason and Dixon and Robinson Crusoe and Pirate Freedom what are some great books about sailing and adventure and exploration?

>> No.11859176

The General in His Labyrinth
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

>> No.11859184

Slocum's Sailing Alone Around The World is a great read

>> No.11859191

>>11858925
Moby Dick

>> No.11859235

>>11858925
Everything Joseph Conrad wrote, particularly Lord Jim

>> No.11860424

Nice answers, keep them coming lads.

>> No.11860435

>>11858925

Two Years before the Mast - Richard Henry Dana
Typee, Oomo and Billy Budd, Sailor - Melville
The Lusiads - Camoes
Captain Jack Singleton - Defoe
A bunch of Jack London and Joseph Conrad also

>> No.11860441

>>11860435
Sorry, it's just Captain Singleton; was confusing it with Colonel Jack, another Defoe adventure novel

>> No.11860443

Treasure Island
Candide

>> No.11860452

>>11858925
Captain Karl von Müller memories

>> No.11860460

Alexandre Dumas wrote great adventure novels. I mean you have The Three Musketeers series and The Count of Monte Cristo.

>> No.11860519

>>11858925
the master and commander series by patrick o'brian
or you could read memoirs of a fighting captain by admiral thomas cochrane, who was the real life inspiration for the o'brian books

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>>11858925
Arabia Felix

>> No.11860535

>>11860452
>>11860435
got epubs for lusiads, singleton and von muller?

>>11860460
sailing and exploration is a sideshow there at best though monte cristo does have some nice scenes

Hell, I'd add Dolittle's adventures in that case.

>> No.11860536

>>11860535
nevermind, had a brainfart, they're on gutenberg

>>11860527
what a neat little book

>> No.11860589

>>11858925
The Sot Weed Factor

>> No.11860632

>>11858925
Is Navegador good? Concordia is one of my favorite games

>> No.11860641

The Master and Commander movie is good so I'm assuming the books are too.

>> No.11860642

20,000 Leagues under the Sea is pretty fun. It’s exactly sailing, but it’s maritime and adventure for sure. Bonus points for reading it in French.

>> No.11860645

>>11860632
Fantastic (I dislike Concordia though)

key difference is the market interaction, which Concordia doesn't have.