Cruise of the Conrad, a best seller in 1937, is the journal of a voyage round the world in the fully-rigged ship JOSEPH CONRAD, 212 tons, in the years 1934, 1935 and 1936 by way of Good Hope, the South Sea, ahead of the Roaring Forties to the East Indies, on to Singapore, driven by the South East Monsoon and north about Australia and New Zealand, finally rounding Cape Horn before returning home after two years. 
Alan Villiers was well qualified for the venture after rounding Cape Horn six times in grain ships and serving in whaling barques in the Tasman Sea. He took with him a heterogeneous collection of mariners and schoolboys, 32 all told. He was a fair and egalitarian Master and looked after the interest of his crew. 
The voyage of the JOSEPH CONRAD is the truthful story of a great voyage, packed with adventure, how they were blown on the Brooklyn Rocks in a blizzard, the near loss of the vessel on Wari reef and overall the joy of a fine ship with a possible 10,000 square feet of sail to challenge the elements. JOSEPH CONRAD is now preserved in the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut.

CRUISE OF THE "CONRAD"

Biographies & Memoirs

Alan Villiers

Travelers & Explorers

Macmillan

Set of the Sails

Pan.

Villiers' account of his voyage cod fishing on the four-masted fishing schooner, Argus. As always, he does a spectacular job depicting the men, their daily lives and the art of cod fishing.

The Quest Of The Schooner Argus: A voyage to the Grand Banks and Grenland on a modern four masted fishing schooner

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Posted Missing

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Illustrates and defines terms relating to ship types and construction, sailing, sailors' customs, flags, calls and commands, navigation, weather, pilotage, tides and currents, fishing, and mooring

Visual Encyclopedia of Nautical Terms Under Sail

Basil W. Bathe

Science & Math

CROWN PUB.

Being some account of the ultimate development of the ocean-going square-rigged sailing vessel, and the manner of her handling, her voyage-making, her personnel, her economics, her performance and her end.

The Way of a Ship (Hudson River Edition)

Scribner

Falmouth for orders;: The story of the last clipper ship race around Cape Horn,

Patrick Stephens

Illustrated with wonderful photographs and line drawings and accompanied by enticing, informative text as only National Geographic can provide!

Men, Ships, and the Sea (The Story of Man Library)

National Geographic Society

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