Alone Through the Roaring Forties: Voyage of Lehg II 1960 Vito Dumas 1st Edition

DescriptionTitle:  Alone Through the Roaring Forties: The voyage of Lehg II round the world Author:  Vito Dumas / Translated by [Captain] Raymond JohnesDescription:  First Edition of the English language edition. Boards in reddish-orange cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor dust spots on top edge of textblock. Map endpapers. Light foxing on title page and endapers, else clean. Seven photographs on plates, plus many line drawings. Index. Dust jacket shows a bit of at head of spine and to top edge of rear panel: short closed tears, creasing; not price clipped (16s.); in an archival mylar sleeve. ix, 191 pages.   In this story of skilled navigation, seamanship and great adventure, Dumas describes his great, single-man voyage in 1942-43 on the ketch Lehg II, sailing around the world through the roaring forties, which he justly describes as 'The impossible route.' The 272-day voyage began in Buenos Aires, and headed east, with only three landfalls: Cape Town, Wellington, and Valparaiso. During the voyage, he became the first lone navigator to round the Horn and survive, the first to round the Horn from West to East, the first to sail by the 'impossible' Roaring Forties route, and the first to make it with only three landfalls.   Vito Dumas (1900-1965) was a prominent Argentine solo sailor and adventurer, known for his remarkable achievements in long-distance single-handed sailing.Binding:  HardcoverCondition:  Near FineJacket Condition:  Very Good+                                     Publisher:  Adlard Coles Limited, In association with George G. Haraap & Co.Place: London - Toronto - Wellington - Sydney  Year:  1960Keywords:   sailing, circumnavigation, Lehg II, nautical, maritime, travel, journeys,