Rob Mundle è celebrato per le sue avvincenti narrazioni di avventure marittime e la resilienza umana di fronte alle forze della natura. Il suo stile di scrittura è caratterizzato da una ricerca meticolosa e descrizioni immersive che trasportano i lettori nel cuore di drammatici eventi marittimi. Mundle esplora magistralmente temi di coraggio, ingegno e la tensione tra l'umanità e l'oceano. Attraverso le sue opere, cattura non solo momenti storici, ma anche le più profonde storie umane di resistenza e trionfo.
The Eighteenth Century was an era when brave mariners took their ships beyond the horizon in search of an unknown world. Those chosen to lead these expeditions were exceptional navigators, men who had shown brilliance as they ascended the ranks in the Royal Navy. They were also bloody good sailors.
Australia's bestselling maritime historian on the story of the Captain Cook Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time. Written with colour, sweep and the authority of Robert Mundle's five decades as a competitive sailor, maritime journalist and broadcaster, this extensively researched new biography of Cook will put you on the quarterdeck with the great navigator as he painstakingly guides his ship through dangerous, reef-strewn waters. You will also be alongside the captain when his ship is a wave-width away from annihilation; and at the helm, when he calls for the anchor to be weighed and his men to heave hard on the lines, and at the start of an exciting new voyage.
This bestselling maritime classic chronicles some of the most remarkable stories of survival and daring that the world's oceans have hosted over the past half century.
Australia's bestselling maritime historian on the story of the First Fleet. Rob Mundle, bestselling maritime biographer of Bligh, Flinders and Cook, is back on the ocean to tell one of the great stories of expedition under sail: the extraordinary eight-month, 17,000-nautical-mile voyage of the First Fleet. With customary sweep and swell, Mundle puts you alongside 48-year-old Captain Arthur Phillip on the quarterdeck of the Royal Navy escort HMS Sirius, as he commands his small armada of eleven ships, carrying over 1400 men, women and children, to the other side of the world. At the heart of Mundle's story of the First Fleet is the extraordinary seamanship of the masters and their crews in their day-to-day workings on individual ships, battling all that nature could throw at them - from disastrous conditions to disease - in order to fulfil the grand plans and strategic visions of politicians and authorities. To arrive in Sydney Cove in January 1788 with all ships intact and such a low loss of life is a tribute to Phillip, his officers and crews, and to the wherewithal and brilliance of eighteenth-century seamanship.
Matthew Flinders was the first to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline - he is the man who put Australia on the map.
In "Hölle auf hoher See" präsentiert Rob Mundle zehn unfreiwillige Abenteuer und Horror-Törns, die die unberechenbare See zu bieten hat. Die Geschichten zeigen, welche erstaunliche physische und psychische Kraft Menschen in Extremsituationen aufbringen können, um zu überleben. Dazu gehören eine Weltumrundung in einem knapp sechs Meter langen Amphibienfahrzeug, das Überstehen eines Hurrikans im Atlantik, eine Kollision einer Yacht mit einem Wal im Pazifik und 119 Tage Überleben in einem gekenterten Trimaran südöstlich von Neuseeland. Auch die Lebensgeschichte eines australischen Krokodiljägers und die Katastrophen des tragisch-berühmten Sydney-Hobart-Rennens von 1998 werden thematisiert. Die Segler in diesen Abenteuern gehen große Risiken ein – ob kalkuliert oder nicht – und überwinden meist die Herausforderungen. Das Sprichwort „Wer sich in Gefahr begibt, kommt darin um“ trifft hier glücklicherweise nur selten zu. Das Buch fasziniert und schockiert zugleich und bietet spannende Einblicke, aus denen Leser viel lernen können. Mundle, bekannt durch sein Buch "Tödlicher Sturm", beleuchtet erneut spektakuläre Schiffbrüche, bei denen die meisten Beteiligten überleben.
