But the encyclopedic knowledge it contains is awesome. I too am a non-native English speaker but with an intense fascination for Geography and History. So I enjoyed every bit of it. For reference I used powermobydick.com. After reading it I got bitten by Thalassophillia. So I further read following books on Sailing.
David Grann: The Wager: A tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Alfred Lansing:Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Dava Sobel:Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
But the encyclopedic knowledge it contains is awesome. I too am a non-native English speaker but with an intense fascination for Geography and History. So I enjoyed every bit of it. For reference I used powermobydick.com. After reading it I got bitten by Thalassophillia. So I further read following books on Sailing.
David Grann: The Wager: A tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Alfred Lansing:Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Dava Sobel:Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Martin Dugard:Farther than any man