The cruise of the Snark
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2001-02-01 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #2512 |
Description
"The Cruise of the Snark" by Jack London is a non-fiction book published in 1911 that chronicles his 1907 sailing adventure across the South Pacific. Teaching himself celestial navigation and sailing along the way, London voyaged with his wife Charmian and a small crew aboard their forty-five-foot ketch. The book provides first-person accounts and photographs of exotic locations including Hawaii, the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, and Fiji, offering glimpses into remote Pacific cultures at the turn of the twentieth century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)