{"product_id":"brendan-voyage-n-e","title":"Tim Severin: The Brendan Voyage [2005] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt has been described as the greatest epic voyage in modern Irish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Severin and his companions built a boat using only techniques and materials available in the sixth-century A.D., when St Brendan was supposed to have sailed to America. The vessel comprised forty-nine ox hides stitched together in a patchwork and stretched over a wooden frame. This leather skin was only a quarter of an inch thick. Yet Severin and his crew sailed Brendan from Brandon Creek in Dingle to Newfoundland, surviving storms and a puncture from pack ice. The Brendan Voyage is Tim Severin's dramatic account of their journey. This new edition of a book already translated into twenty-seven languages introduces a new generation of readers to an enduring classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Severin didn't prove St Brendan reached America, only that he could have, that it was possible. Brilliantly written, The Brendan Voyage conveys unforgettably the sensation of being in a small, open boat in the vastness of the North Atlantic, visited by inquisitive whales, reaching mist-shrouded landfalls, and receiving a welcome from seafaring folk wherever the crew touched land.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Severin, Tim","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44340457537826,"sku":"9780717139279","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47476562362707,"sku":"XG80717139279","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/severin-tim-tim-severin-the-brendan-voyage-2005-paperback-53623533568339.jpg?v=1703357241","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/brendan-voyage-n-e","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}