The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner

The international bestselling true story of an eighteenth-century sailor's extraordinary voyages, compiled by the celebrated scientist and historian.

In his many voyages, the Scottish-born sailor John Nicol twice circumnavigated the globe, visiting every inhabited continent while witnessing and participating in many of the greatest events of exploration and adventure in the eighteenth century. He traded with Native Americans on the St. Lawrence River and hunted whales in the Arctic Ocea...