Cover artist Edward K. Beale Language English Publication date February 2016 Genre Travel | Country United States Publisher Expeditionaire Originally published February 2016 Page count 144 | |
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West By Sea is an armchair treasure hunt book in the form of a travel journal. It was written by Michelle M. B. Beale, designed by Edward K. Beale, and published in February 2016. It contains concealed clues to the location of a hidden object.
Contents
Summary
West By Sea is a travelogue written by a brain cancer survivor about 105 days spent circumnavigating the globe by ship. Each page describes one day of the journey, and includes two photographs, the daily position and weather, and a quote. Written in first person present tense, the story is a chronological narrative account. The narrative about the voyage includes stops at 40 ports in 28 countries on 6 continents, starting and ending in Sydney, Australia.
Major ports in chronological order include:
Prerelease development
The book started as a project on Kickstarter to help maintain a blog via satellite from the ship. The campaign generated over $10,000US from 153 backers on four continents.