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What are some good books about maritime adventures? Both fiction and non-fiction are fine.

>> No.10385393

Moby Dick

>> No.10385398

>>10385385
Joseph Conrad, Patrick O'Brian, Moby Dick (obv.)

>> No.10385403

Two Years Before the Mast

>> No.10385519

"The Long Ships" by Frans Bengtsson

"Kon Tiki" by Thor Heyerdahl

"Cachalot" by Alan Dean Foster (from his Humanx SciFi universe)

The "Hornblower" series by CS Forester, of course.

All of James Cook's original log books are downloadable for free on gutenberg.org.

"Mutiny on the Bounty" by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, the book all the movies are based on.

"The Medusa" (the famous shipwreck, with the painting inspired by it) by J. B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Correard, also available on gutenberg.org

>> No.10385539

"The Sword and the Scimitar" by David Ball also contains a good deal of stuff about maritime adventures, although it is mostly about the Siege of Malta. An absolutely outstanding historical novel though, highly recommended. Beats the Ken Follett cathedral shit by miles IMHO.

>> No.10386063

>>10385385
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance:_Shackleton%27s_Incredible_Voyage

>> No.10386068

>>10385385
#books_women_will_never_understand

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Liveship Trader series by Robin Hobb

>> No.10386089

>>10385385
holy shit is that real, theyre actual monsters now i know why starbuck was such a pussy

>> No.10386412

>>10386089
yeh they are real big blowfish i think