Voyage to Disaster
Voyage to Disaster

Author: Henrietta Drake-Brockman

Publisher: ISBS

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781920694722

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"Jan Hendrycks confesses that one day he had been called by Jeronimus into his tent and that he gave him to know that at night time he must help him with the murder of the Predikant's family. At night, Zeevonk has called outside Wiebrecht Clausen, a young girl, whom Jan Hendrycks stabbed with a dagger, and inside, all people-the mother with her six children-had their heads battered in with axes . . .He said, certainly, I have a knife. So without any objection, Andreas has gone to Myken Soers who was heavily pregnant and threw her underfoot and cut her throat . . ."-Extracts from Francisco Pelsaert's The Disastrous Voyage of the Ship Batavia, first published in 1647 --- Mutiny, murder, rape, torture; a priceless treasure fuelling the basest human greed; a courageous journey in search of rescue-the story of the Batavia, wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629, has been part of the myth and legend of Australian history. Ten years of meticulous research resulted in Voyage to Disaster, a historical tour de force comprising the complete journals of Francisco Pelsaert translated from the Old Dutch by E. D. Drok, together with a revealing biography of Pelsaert, a man of many dimensions-writer, historian, administrator. Following the success of previous paperback editions, Voyage to Disaster is now available in hardback.

Voyage to Disaster
Voyage to Disaster

Author: Henrietta Drake-Brockman

Publisher: UWA Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13:

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Dramatic story of the Batavia reprinted by popular demand.

Final Voyage
Final Voyage

Author: Peter Nichols

Publisher: Putnam Adult

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780399156021

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In 1871, an entire fleet of whaling ships was caught in an Arctic ice storm and destroyed. Though few lives were lost, the damage would forever shape one of America's most distinctive commodities: oil.

Final Voyage
Final Voyage

Author: Jonathan Eyers

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1442221674

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"With disasters from all over the world, these are stories of the people--whether they lived or died--as well as the ships."--Back cover.

Titanic’s Fatal Voyage
Titanic’s Fatal Voyage

Author: Kevin Blake

Publisher: Bearport Publishing

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1684027977

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“Iceberg right ahead!” yelled Frederick Fleet, a crewmember aboard the Titanic. The ship had only seconds to spare. Titanic’s officers steered the ship to the left as quickly as they could to avoid a head-on collision. But they weren’t fast enough. The right side of the ship struck the side of the ice mountain floating in the north Atlantic. The fate of the Titanic—and its 1,317 passengers and 885 crewmembers—had been sealed. Titanic’s Fatal Voyage tells the devastating story of how the gigantic and supposedly unsinkable ship was swallowed by the sea on its maiden voyage. Readers will learn about the ocean liner’s journey in vivid detail, as well as incredible tales of courage and survival. The fascinating content and large-format color images, maps, and fact boxes bring the Titanic’s tragic story to life. Titanic’s Fatal Voyage is part of Bearport’s Titanica series.

Voyage to Atlantis
Voyage to Atlantis

Author: James Watt Mavor

Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9780892816347

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Oceanographic engineer recounts his expeditions to find the fabled land called- The lost continent.

The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria
The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria

Author: Greg King

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1250194555

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In the tradition of Erik Larson's Dead Wake comes The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria, about the sinking of the glamorous Italian ocean liner, including never-before-seen photos of the wreck today. In 1956, a stunned world watched as the famous Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria sank after being struck by a Swedish vessel off the coast of Nantucket. Unlike the tragedy of the Titanic, this sinking played out in real time across radios and televisions, the first disaster of the modern age. Audiences witnessed everything that ensued after the unthinkable collision of two modern vessels equipped with radar: perilous hours of uncertainty; the heroic rescue of passengers; and the final gasp as the pride of the Italian fleet slipped beneath the Atlantic, taking some fifty lives with her. Her loss signaled the end of the golden age of ocean liner travel. Now, Greg King and Penny Wilson offer a fresh look at this legendary liner and her tragic fate. Andrea Doria represented the romance of travel, the possibility of new lives in the new world, and the glamour of 1950s art, culture, and life. Set against a glorious backdrop of celebrity and La Dolce Vita, Andrea Doria's last voyage comes vividly to life in a narrative tightly focused on her passengers – Cary Grant's wife; Philadelphia's flamboyant mayor; the heiress to the Marshall Field fortune; and many brave Italian emigrants – who found themselves plunged into a desperate struggle to survive. The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria follows the effect this trauma had on their lives, and brings the story up-to-date with the latest expeditions to the wreck. Drawing on in-depth research, interviews with survivors, and never-before-seen photos of the wreck as it is today, The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria is a vibrant story of fatal errors, shattered lives, and the triumph of the human spirit.

Challenger
Challenger

Author: Richard S. Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 9780231064903

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Reexamines the Challenger tragedy, discusses the causes of the crash, and looks at questions about the shuttle program's future

Columbia
Columbia

Author: Philip Chien

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-06-23

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 038727149X

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In ‘Columbia: Final Voyage’ aerospace writer Philip Chien, who has over 20 years’ experience covering the US space program, provides a unique insight into the crew members who lost their lives in the Columbia disaster. Chien interviewed all seven crew members several times and got to know them as individuals. He reviews in detail their training, their scientific work and other activities during their successful 16-day flight, the background of the accident itself and a detailed first-hand account of what happened that fateful day in February 2003. The author provides a comprehensive and personal look at both the Columbia astronauts and the STS-107 mission, together with a behind-the-scenes account of other people involved in the mission and their personal reactions to the accident. Forward by Jonathan B. Clark, widower of Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark Introduction by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin