The China Voyage

Six men and one woman make maritime history, sailing the Pacific on a bamboo raft to test the theory that Asian sailors reached America some 2,000 years ago. As every wave washes between the bamboo poles, they learn to live in harmony with the ocean as their fragile living platform rides the ‘Black Tide’ eastward...

"The story of this courageous quest is a gripping and a wonderful escape to the real adventure from an increasingly mundane world" SUNDAY EXPRESS

"This well-illustrated book is awash nautical detail, which he [Tim Severin] manages to make interesting and accessible even to avowed landlubbers... fascinating" SCOTSMAN

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