Sir Peter Blake
an amazing life
Edición de la obra Sir Peter Blake
| Autor | Alan Sefton |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Viking |
| Fecha de publicación | 2004 |
| Lugar | Auckland, N.Z |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 444 |
| ISBN-10 | 0670045497, 0670042528 |
| OCLC | 57352531 |
| LCCN | 2004478934 |
| Número de Cutter | S453s |
"Sir Peter Blake was an outstanding yachtsman/adventurer of his time, an international sporting celebrity who achieved status and affection to rival that of New Zealand's other favourite adventurer son, Sir Edmund Hillary. In a 30-year sailing career, [he] won the America's Cup and every significant blue-water race on the planet, including the Whitbread Round the World race, and slashed the record for the fastest non-stop circumnavigation of the world under sail. Knighted for his achievements and granted cel;ebrity status in many countries, [he] turned away from competitive sailing in the last years of his life to pursue a passion to help protect the environment he had enjoyed so much. ... "--Book jacket.