Land From the Masthead - Circumnavigation of New Zealand in the Wake of Captain Cook

This is a second-hand copy of the book Land From the Masthead - Circumnavigation of New Zealand in the Wake of Captain Cook by Philip Houghton. 

Condition: This is a used book in very good condition. The dustjacket has light shelf-wear and has been price clipped.

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Year: 1968Z
ISBN: 340044519
Format: Hardback with dustjacket
Pages: 224
Condition: Used (Very Good)

Philip Houghton circumnavigated New Zealand in 1966-67 taking five months. He bought the only suitable vessel he could find, a Bermudan cutter forty foot in length, and renamed her Murihiku (the Maori name for the southern end of South Island). A friend was aghast at the idea of him changing the boat's name but quietened once it was pointed out to him that even the Endeavour had once had another name. This book is more a description of Houghton's voyage with references to Cook thrown in than the other way around. It is full of incidents that a yachtsman will understand only too well.