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The Jason Voyage: The Quest for the Golden Fleece
by
Tim Severin
(Extract)
'The little galley crept up the European shore, the crew still rowing easily to save their strength before the next ordeal. I saw the millrace at Bebek point from at least half a mile away. The water was shooting round the corner in a seething mass where a rocky spur thrust out into the current flow. Whirlpools gyrated away from the edge of the race; blobs of foam...more
'The little galley crept up the European shore, the crew still rowing easily to save their strength before the next ordeal. I saw the millrace at Bebek point from at least half a mile away. The water was shooting round the corner in a seething mass where a rocky spur thrust out into the current flow. Whirlpools gyrated away from the edge of the race; blobs of foam...more
Hardcover, Large Print, 448 pages
Published
September 1st 1986
by Charnwood
(first published 1985)
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Another book that I suddenly remembered I had read years ago. Read this one in Hokkaido and think I bought it second hand in NZ. Remember it as an interesting and impressive read. Tim Severin really made sure his Jason Voyage was authentically re-enacted and conquered. Wouldn't mind reading some of his other voyages, he seems to have written a lot!
Severin is the heir apparent to the Thor Heyerdahl throne. This time, he recreated Argo and reenacts Jason's voyage from the Aegean through the Hellespont and along the southern Black Sea coast. If you like this kind of adventure tale (and I do) all of Severin's "Voyage" works are spellbinding.
It was very difficult to row ancient boats. It is difficult to raise a crew for such a boat, and the logistics are demanding. Foreign nations around the Black Sea create complications. Tim Severin made a very goos case for his route being the basis for Jason and the Argonauts.
This proves, in my opinion, that the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece was a story based on fact.
Interesting. Did not know up to now that someone in modern times made the same voyage as the Argonauts...I may read some of his other books on similar adventures.
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