This cross-continental journey had proved very pleasant, particularly considering that he was dead. Or so Timothy ironically mused… The year is 1905, and the heyday of Thames, in the goldfields of New Zealand. Back in 1867, Captain Jake Dexter, a … Continue reading
Money ships were wrecks of treasure-galleons belched up from the bottom of the sea after tremendous storms, yielding doubloons and all kinds of precious treasure … gold bars and bullion, chests of brilliant gems. Oriental adventurer Captain Rochester spun an … Continue reading
It was not just the men who lived on the brink of peril when under sail at sea. Lucretia Jansz, who was enslaved as a concubine in 1629, was just one woman who endured a castaway experience. Award-winning historian Joan … Continue reading
TUPAIA, THE REMARKABLE STORY OF CAPTAIN COOK’S POLYNESIAN NAVIGATOR will be published in February 2015 by LOCUS PUBLISHING, Taiwan. It will be a featured book at the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) in February, where New Zealand is the honored … Continue reading