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Author: Tim Severin
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font face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxLegend or fact?spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxMyth or reality?spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxIn the thirteenth century BC, the Greek mythological hero Jason set sail in a galley with a band of Heroes in search of the Golden Fleece. The boat was named Argo, after its builder, and the sailors are known as the Argonauts.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxBut did they exist? And what was the Golden Fleece?spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxTheir journey took them from present-day Greece, across the Aegean Sea, through the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara, through the much feared Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and then along the entire north coast of Turkey, ending up in the state of Georgia.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxIt was there, in ancient Colchis, that Jason found not only the Golden Fleece but also his bride, Medea, after taming the wild bulls, killing the serpent, and planting its teeth in the soil.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxOr so the legend has it.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxTim Severin, having sailed in a leather boat from Ireland to America to test the legend of St Brendan, and having linked the seven journeys of Sindbad the Sailor into a single mammoth trip from Arabia to China, set out to investigate the story of Jason.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxHe had a twenty-oar galley built in the Aegean to the exact specifications of a Bronze Age boat and, with his crew of new Argonauts, made the same perilous 1500-mile journey. The oarsmen were aided by Greek, Turkish and Soviet volunteers as they passed through each countrys territorial waters. And they underwent extraordinary hardships on the way.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxBut they did prove that, in spite of the dangers and discomfort, Jason could have made the journey in an oared galley, which many experts had considered impossible.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxThe Jason Voyage is the thrilling story of that journey.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxIt will have an irresistible appeal to scholars as well as lovers of adventure, travel and mystery.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxTim Severins sailing books have been widely praised.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxEnthralling! -The Guardian.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxAn extraordinary explorer. - The Independent.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxspanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxTim Severin is an explorer, film-maker and lecturer, who has made many expeditions, from crossing the Atlantic in a medieval leather boat to going out in search of Moby Dick and Robinson Crusoe. He has written books about all of them. He has won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the Book of the Sea Award, a Christopher Prize, and the literary medal of the Academie de la Marine. He also writes historical fiction.spanfont
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