Sons of Sinbad : I found uh gold mine here , just randomly chillin their at uh recycle place , and now I got all kinds of questions that I might actually get an answer for , chronologically? whuuuuut , do you know how lucky I am right now -- beautiful -- so grateful -- whut you seek seeks you -- Rumi is right -- -----------Virtually nothing has been written about the Arab pirates of the indian ocean who were great ship builders and sailors thousands of years before the age of the clipper ship . The indian Ocean trade is finished now; but it was still alive in 1938 when Alan Villers sailed with the Triumph of Righteousness. A big deep sea dhow from Kuwait , she was an almost pure survival from the Phoenician days , from the most ancient sailing known to man . She was bound on a trading voyage down the east coast of Africa to Zanzibar and back to her home port . Alan Villers graphically recounts that voyage -- the events , the places , and his shipmates ; and with unexcelled knowledge of seamanship he does full justice to the Arab sailor and their long tradition
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:13:43 +0000
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