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The Sea and the Jungle (World Digital Library Edition)

by H. M. Tomlinson
Klaus Gehrmann
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When Major Tomlinson embarked on the Steamship Capella, the long and arduous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and up the Amazon River provided him the personal stories to draw upon in The Sea and the Jungle. As boredom set in, Tomlinson spoke with the sailors and recorded the hardships they endured as they braved the ferocious winter storms in the Northern Atlantic. Finally, after weeks of boundless water, he greeted the sighting of the South American coastline with a mixture of relief and a dark sense of foreboding in the face of oppressive heat, exotic diseases, hostile natives, and dangerous animals.

While his personal acquaintance Joseph Conrad viewed the jungles through the lens of the dark side of the human psyche, Tomlinson shows real curiosity in the oceans and lands he saw despite his uneasiness. Though a rather reluctant traveler, his evocative travelogue gives insight into the journey the S.S. Capella took to deliver materials for the building of the Madeira-Mamore railroad in Brazil, one of the most difficult engineering projects of its time.
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When Major Tomlinson embarked on the Steamship Capella, the long and arduous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and up the Amazon River provided him the personal stories to draw upon in The Sea and the Jungle. As boredom set in, Tomlinson spoke with the sailors and recorded the hardships they endured as they braved the ferocious winter storms in the Northern Atlantic. Finally, after weeks of boundless water, he greeted the sighting of the South American coastline with a mixture of relief and a dark sense of foreboding in the face of oppressive heat, exotic diseases, hostile natives, and dangerous animals.

While his personal acquaintance Joseph Conrad viewed the jungles through the lens of the dark side of the human psyche, Tomlinson shows real curiosity in the oceans and lands he saw despite his uneasiness. Though a rather reluctant traveler, his evocative travelogue gives insight into the journey the S.S. Capella took to deliver materials for the building of the Madeira-Mamore railroad in Brazil, one of the most difficult engineering projects of its time.
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