{"product_id":"a-voyage-of-no-importance","title":"A Voyage of No Importance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the true story of an epic 350 kilometre voyage along the West Kimberley coast made by two intrepid seafarers in their 3.5 metre wooden dinghy in late 1920.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pearling lugger, \u003cem\u003eHENRY, \u003c\/em\u003eon a voyage from Wyndham to Broome was wrecked on a jagged rock off Cape Voltaire in the far northwest. The six crewmen on board made it to the mainland and set up camp. It was then decided that two men should row the dinghy south to get help but nobody expected the voyage to last a month and cover such a vast distance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis one small lugger, the \u003cem\u003eHENRY \u003c\/em\u003ebecame involved in three separate incidents in which five white men lost their lives, four to the natives on the red coast and one to a crocodile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dinghy voyage from Cape Voltaire to Cape Leveque was likened to that of Bass and Flinders in a letter describing the voyage, written by Reverend Richardson, of Broome, to the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe West Australian. \u003c\/em\u003eHowever, the editor wrote back and described the voyage as \u003cem\u003eof no importance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hesperian Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844436545733,"sku":"0859052982","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/3343\/4309\/files\/a_voyage_no_imp.jpg?v=1788317338","url":"https:\/\/maritimeandtravelbookshop.com.au\/products\/a-voyage-of-no-importance","provider":"MARITIME \u0026 TRAVEL BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}