Voyage of the Harrier (Black and White Edition): Sailing Around the World in the Track of HMS Beagle - Paperback

by Julian E. H. Mustoe (Author)

Voyage of the Harrier is the story of two interlinked circumnavigations under sail. For Charles Darwin the voyage of the Beagle was a young man making his engagement with the world, and it lead to the Darwinian revolution in our view of nature and ourselves. For Julian Mustoe the voyage of the Harrier in the track of the Beagle was his retirement project. He survived stormy weather, a dismasting, shipwreck, attack by smugglers, a broken love affair in Chile, solitude at sea and the effects of ageing. Darwin voyaged to discover his world, Mustoe sailed to realize himself. The accounts in the book of the two voyages serve to illuminate one another and to bring both to life. This edition is printed in black and white.

Author Biography

The author was born in London in 1933 of a South African father and an American mother. Both were of English extraction. He is a qualified architect who has spent his working career in designing buildings, teaching architecture and in research into the use of computers in design. He has been sailing and involved with yachts since his school days. He has twice sailed a small yacht across the Atlantic Ocean. The Voyage of the Harrier, completed in 2012, was his retirement project. He is about to begin an extensive sailing trip in the Baltic Sea in an investigation of the medieval Hanseatic League.