Michael  Kerr
From Henry "Dr. Livingstone, I presume"Â Stanley writing about his epic 19th century journey down the Congo to a couple who tried to sail their amphibious Volkswagen Beetle around the world, a riveting anthology of accounts of travel by water,Â ,The, Daily Telegraphâ€™s, deputy travel editor has amassed the very best of the paperâ€™s writing on journeys by waterâ€”from ocean liners, cruise ships, trampÂ and African river steamers to single-handed yachtsmen and canoeists tackling the Missouri.Â The last voyage of the ,QE2,, the first voyageÂ of the biggest cruise liner ever built, and the 1936 launching of the Queen Mary in front of 150,000 onlookers on the Clyde are all given detailed accounts. Also included are pieces about Bombayâ€™s insanely crowded commuter ferries and Francis Chichester rounding Cape Horn.
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Bon Voyage!: The Telegraph Book of River and Sea Journeys