SINDBAD'S SECOND ADVENTURE On the second evening Sindbad's friends were eager to hear his second adventure. Tell us, they said, of more wonders that you have seen! So Sindbad began describing his second adventure. For many years I was happy, but as t...
THE GREATEST NAVIGATIONAL JOURNEY:A LESSON IN SURVIVAL I am proud to have sailed with Captain Bligh on his journey of over 40 days through about 4,000 miles in an open boat across the Pacific Ocean in 1789. Our outward voyage in the Bounty to Tahiti...
We may well wonder how seamen explored the oceans before latitude and longitude made it possible to plot a ship's position on a map. The voyages of travellers before the 17th century show that they were not at the mercy of the sea even though they d...
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Glance quickly at the headlines of the short newspaper articles and match the pictures with the articles. Write the correct headline above each picture. A_____ B______ C______ D______ E______ F______A Biggest porker ever LIAONING 23 February 2004: A...
Lance Armstrong Date of Birth: 8th September, 1971 Country: USA Lance Armstrong's Guinness record for the fastest average speed at the Tour de France was set in 1999 with an average speed of 40.27 km/hr. In his teens he was a triathlete but at 16 he...
THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records. Over the last 25 years, he hasbroken approximately 93 Guinness records. More than twenty of these he still holds, including the record...
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