I'll second that...and some wonderful photos. He produced a companion book which is bigger (A4 size) and full of photo's taken during the trip. Sorry, can't remember what it's called, stumbled across it in our local library.

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The Brassbounder by David W. Bone
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All accounts of the authors' first trip as an apprentice in sail (Brassbounder) aboard square rigged trading vessels at the start of the last century, as sail was being replaced by steam.