SMEETON, MILES - 'because the Horn Is There. . . '

Sidney, BC: Gray's Publishing Ltd, 1970. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888260261. Light edge wear and creasing of dust jacket, top fore corner a little bumped ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar. Jacket art taken from painting by Deryck Foster ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; This is the story of ex-pat Brits Miles and Beryl Smeeton's east to west trip around the Horn, starting in England and finishing in Victoria BC - a 19,000 mile jaunt. This was their 3rd attempt - the first two attempts ended with their boat Tzu-Hang capsizing during the Cape Horn traverse and then ending in a Chilean port. The Smeetons have written a number of other books detailing their many adventures. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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