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Severin, Tim

The Jason Voyage; The Quest for the Golden Fleece

1985

29.14 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1985
Place of printing
London. Hutchinson
Author
Severin, Tim
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Asia
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 263pp, frontis, illustrations from drawings by Trondur Patursson, color plates from photos, maps, pictorial endpapers. original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not clipped), clean and fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of the author's re-creation of a ship that could have been used by Jason of the Argonauts fame, proving that the legend was possible. The journey from Greece, across the Aegean Sea, through the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara, into the Black Sea to Georgia, 1,500 miles in a twenty-oar galley built in the Aegean to the exact specifications of a Bronze Age boat. The author investigated many of the legends of the Argonauts along the way. The effort was sponsored by the National Geographic Society.