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Robin knoxjohnston books and biography waterstones. Despite losing his selfsteering gear off australia, he rounded cape horn on 17 january 1969, 20 days before his closest competitor bernard moitessier. This exhibition is free to attend as part of the entrance fee to national maritime museum cornwall. Nash is introduced in outcast, which features his younger brother, ben, and which is available in stores and online now heres how nash is introduced in outcast. A world of my own by robin knoxjohnston, charles hurford. A world of my own cassel 1969 the story of the golden globe robin round the world cassel 1969 havet. Originally published in 1970, robin knox johnston s a world of my own has become a treasured classic the dramatic account of the first nonstop, singlehanded voyage around the world, for which knox johnston won the sunday times golden globe trophy. The beginning of the guardians of childhood series, readers learn of how the man in the moon mim came to be.
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