The First Mates LogR. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) was a very influential philosopher and historian who taught at Oxford throughout his career. Just before the Second World War broke out, Collingwood joined a group of Oxford students on a sailing voyage to the Greek islands, on which he served as first mate and ship's carpenter. This book is his remarkable diary of that voyage. |
Contents
GILPATRIC | 1 |
CORSICAN LANDFALL | 4 |
FROM CORSICA TO STROMBOLI | 16 |
SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS | 30 |
FROM SICILY TO GREECE | 41 |
PATRAS | 51 |
DELPHI | 58 |
FROM ITEA TO OLYMPIA | 66 |
WATERTANKS | 104 |
ROUGH WEATHER | 111 |
THERMIA AND PAROS | 120 |
FROM PAROS TO SANTORIN | 128 |
THE MONKS OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH | 136 |
MONKS AND MORALS | 145 |
HOMEWARD | 154 |
THE SURGEON AND THE SIGNALMAN | 162 |
FROM OLYMPIA TO MALEA | 72 |
AMERICANS AT OXFORD | 81 |
FROM MALEA TO PIRAEUS | 88 |
ATHENS | 96 |
MESSINA | 169 |
FROM THE STRAITS TO NAPLES | 175 |
POSTSCRIPT | 185 |
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