| Description |
240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Can I borrow your safety harness? -- The bus of destiny -- The missing voyage -- A bag of flies -- The longest launch -- Green luminous froth -- In deep water -- The trouble with fish -- Webbed feet and shark fins -- The perils of steel and dreams -- A proper storm -- Still ocean -- Last tango before landfall -- Things to do with a used reed boat -- Epilogue: Thor revisited -- Appendix A. The Easter Island enigma -- Appendix B. How to build a reed boat / by Phil Buck -- Appendix C. Diagrams of the Viracocha. |
| Subject |
Thorpe, I. J. -- Travel -- Easter Island.
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Viracocha (Boat)
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Voyages and travels.
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Pacific Ocean.
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| Added Title |
Eight men and a duck |
| ISBN |
0743219287 alkaline paper |
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