Rob Mundle
Author of Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race
About the Author
Rob Mundle introduces us to an unlikely sailor in a teenage Cook, who through the combination of hard-won skills as a seafarer, the talents of a self-taught navigator and surveyor, and an exceptional ability to lead and care for his men, climbed the ranks of the Royal Navy to achieve legendary show more status among all who sailed and manned the world. show less
Works by Rob Mundle
Great South Land: How Dutch Sailors found Australia and an English Pirate almost beat Captain Cook ... (2015) 39 copies
Ocean Warriors: The Thrilling Story of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race Round the World (2002) 16 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1946
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Australia
- Places of residence
- Queensland, Australia
- Occupations
- journalist
sailor
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Flinders : the man who mapped Australia by Rob Mundle
I found this book eminently readable and I am full of admiration of the strength and resilience of sailors in coping with the adversity flung at them by nature. I now need to research who were the convicts allocated to Flinders.
½
Great insite into the planning, transport, building & conditions of Phillip, the military & convicts endured to establish a colony half a world away. The near starvation, failure of crops & natives ensure Phillip was the right person for the task.
Excellent book. Written in a way that the reader doesn’t need to be a sailing expert to understand.
I couldn’t believe how heroic the the rescue teams behaved and how more people weren’t lost at sea. As the reader you feel cold and wet throughout the book, as you imagine how terrifying the situation must have been.
A non stop thrill ride.
I couldn’t believe how heroic the the rescue teams behaved and how more people weren’t lost at sea. As the reader you feel cold and wet throughout the book, as you imagine how terrifying the situation must have been.
A non stop thrill ride.
I knew of all or almost all of the explorations referenced in Great South Land, but only from the inadequate history and social studies taught at school in the 60s. I had probably about five minutes of teaching on each explorer and their discoveries.
The detail in the book expnads my 50 year old school memories, giving the background to the explorations of the Dutch, accidental and planned - much more of the former than the latter.
But the sections of the book covering William Dampier have opened my eyes. From school I was told he was a buccaneer who accidentally landed on the west coat of Australia. But it turns out he was much more - a self-taught mapmaker, naturalist and biologist, a hands-on scientist if you will. His influence extends to the present time.
I will certainly want to read more about Dampier.… (more)
The detail in the book expnads my 50 year old school memories, giving the background to the explorations of the Dutch, accidental and planned - much more of the former than the latter.
But the sections of the book covering William Dampier have opened my eyes. From school I was told he was a buccaneer who accidentally landed on the west coat of Australia. But it turns out he was much more - a self-taught mapmaker, naturalist and biologist, a hands-on scientist if you will. His influence extends to the present time.
I will certainly want to read more about Dampier.… (more)
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