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Shipwreck & Survival in Oman, 1763
- The Fate of the Amstelveen and Thirty Castaways on the South Coast of Arabia
Engelsk Paperback
Shipwreck & Survival in Oman, 1763
- The Fate of the Amstelveen and Thirty Castaways on the South Coast of Arabia
Engelsk Paperback

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In 1763, the Dutch ship Amstelveen set sail from the Dutch East Indies for Muscat, Oman. Through a tragic combination of human error and rough seas, the ship never made it to port, sinking off the southern coast of Oman. The thirty surviving crew members then faced a terrible trek across a desolate desert landscape to Muscat. Drawing on the logbook of Cornelis Eyks, the ship’s only surviving officer,Klaas Doornbos tells the fascinating story of the men’s journey across the Gulf of Oman desert, their encounters with the country’s inhabitants, and their struggle to survive.

Quoting extensively from Eyks’s logbook, Doornbos describes how the sailors,barefoot and almost naked, walked hundreds of miles in the blazing sun in the hope of reaching civilization. Some of the men died on the way, while the fate of others is uncertain. It was not until 1766 that Eyks and the remaining men reached Muscat.Throughout Doornbos uses Eyks’s logbook - the oldest remaining European account of the area - to reveal much about the desert coast of Oman and its people. Equal parts social history, anthropology, and survival chronicle, this gripping account of the Amstelveen’s crew is a thrilling piece of naval history.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
148
ISBN-13:
9789089648389
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
9089648380
Udg. Dato:
15 okt 2014
Længde:
12mm
Bredde:
239mm
Højde:
159mm
Forlag:
Amsterdam University Press
Oplagsdato:
15 okt 2014
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