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Description
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Offset varnish, Perfect paperback |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Number of pages | 221 |
| Published date | 1973 |
| Languages | English |
| Size | 11 x 18 x 2 cm |
| Author | Geoffrey Jenkins |
| Editor | Fontana Books |
Description
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Thompson Island exists. Its position, however, in the stormlashed Antarctic waters some 1,600 miles south of Africa's southernmost tip, is one of the great mysteries of the sea.
The island was discovered by Captain George Norris, master of the British sealer Sprightly, on December 13th, 1825. Sixty - eight years later an American captain, Joseph J. Fuller, sighted it again. Since its discovery by Norris, many famous sailors and well - equipped expeditions have searched for it, but apart from Captain Fuller's chance sighting, none has ever located it.
( ... ) Since I wrote this book, the whole world has heard of Tristan da Cunha - that " loneliest island in the world " which lies 1,750 miles south - east of Cape Town - and the disastrous volcanic eruption that partially destroyed it last year, causing its entire population to be evacuated to England. The action of this story takes place before Tristan rose out of 150 years of obscurity.
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